H2 PACIFIC POETS. 
" I find in Mr. Trastour's chart of La Yentosa a moderate and 
almost uniform grade of bottom, beginning with three fathoms 
at about 100 yards from the beach, and deepening to seven and 
eight fathoms at a distance of 1000 yards. He also shows a good 
anchorage there, which he represents as a muddy bottom, nearly 
in the shape of an ellipse, of which the transverse axis is about 
twenty-seven hundred feet (extending from within 400 feet of 
the point of the Morro, in nearly an E. N". E. direction), and with 
a conjugate axis equal to 1800 feet. The sufficiency of this 
holding-ground was well tested under our own observation by 
the steamer Gold Hunter. She anchored upon it with a south- 
erly wind, and subsequently swung to a norther, which, although 
of considerable force and duration, she rode out without ' taut- 
ening^ her chain. 
" A temporary arrangement (or until the artificial works are 
made) for the transmission of passengers, baggage, mails, and 
articles of freight may be made at once, without subjecting them 
to any risk or discomfort in the landing or embarkation. This 
would be effected by the establishment of a station-house at La 
Yentosa, near the foot of the Morro, provided with large surf- 
boats, similar to those used by the IJ. S. Army at Yera Cruz — 
each with a crew of seven men." 
GENERAL SUMMARY. 
In a brief review of the results just given, it seems proper, 
before speaking of the probable revenue and income arising 
from an opening of the Tehuantepec route, to refer in general 
terms to some of the more important points determined by the 
surveying parties. Of the question of practicability (hitherto 
so often mooted) little need be said. In the Engineering Re- 
ports, it has been shown that the surveys connect ship navi- 
gation on both sides of the Isthmus ; and it is evident, even 
from a glance at the topographical features of the country, 
