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CONTENTS. 



—Uncomfortable Anticipations — Negro dancing and 

 music — Turning night into day — Prevalence of reli- 

 gious ceremonies — The rainy season sets in — Volcano 

 of Cosigui'na. 188 



CHAPTER X. 

 Suggestions relative to Panama — Railroads on the Isth- 

 mus, and steam on the Pacific — Arrival of a sloop of 

 war, and prospect of leaving Panama — Dangers of the 

 wet season — Departure from Panama — Road to the 

 Chagres — Tlie village of Cruces -• - Practicability of 

 uniting the Pacific and the Atlantic . . .212 



CHAPTER XI. 

 Descent to Chagres — Voyage to Port Royal, Jamaica 

 — Closing scenes of the author's travels — Quick 

 passage to St. Thomas by steam — Arrival off Fal- 

 mouth 257 



Panama and the Pacific — A Memorandum sent to the 

 Foreign Office, by the author, soon after his arrival in 

 England, on the advantage of using the Isthmus of 

 Panama as a more rapid means of communication 

 between Europe and the ports of the Pacific Ocean : to 

 which is annexed Mr. Wheelwright's statements and 

 plans for realizing the same object . . 281 



A general plan of the intended operations of the Pacific 

 Steam Navigation Company : with Remarks on the 

 passage of the Isthmus of Panama, the trade of the 

 Pacific, &c 299 



Documents relating to Steam Navigation in the Pa- 

 cific 321 



