APPENDIX No. 2. 



For the interest of those who intend crossing the Isthmus of 

 Panama, I have inquired at the office of the Panama Railroad 

 Co., in this city, to ascertain the present stage in the progress of 

 that work, and how far it is made to serve the interest of the 

 travelling public. 



The track has been mostly laid for some time from Navy 

 Bay to Bujio Soldado, a distance of about twenty miles by the 

 Railroad, and thirty-five miles up the river, from Chagres. The 

 only point incomplete is that between Gatun and Ahorca Lagata, 

 where the work was delayed in a measure by the rainy season. 



Probably before the first day of January, 1852, the cars will 

 be running from Navy Bay to Ahorca Lagata, or Bujio Soldado 

 and from thence passengers will be obliged to employ small boats 

 for the remaining distance to Gorgona. During the dry season 

 which embraces the months of December, January February, 

 March and April, the road between Gorgona and Panama, a dis- 

 tance of about twenty miles, is a good one for transit by mules, 

 which is the only land conveyance in this country. 



With the commencement of the present dry season, the 

 Panama Railroad Co. put on the road an increased number of 

 men, and the work is now being pushed forward with the ut- 

 most energy, and it without doubt will be completed to the river 

 crossing at Gorgona, by the first of May next, if not before 

 that time. 



Whatever may be the inconveniences and difficulties encoun- 

 tered in crossing the Isthmus of Panama at present, the public 



