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respondence with his friends and family, and 

 unnecessarily prolongs the period of receiving 

 such intelligence as the British consuls in those 

 quarters, may find it expedient to convey to the 

 government. Whereas the passage by Panama 

 might, with ease, be effected in the following 

 periods : 



DAYS. 



From Valparaiso &2 



„ Lima 51 



„ Guayaquil . . . . . .46 



as the following details will show : 



From Valparaiso to Lima . . .11 

 „ Lima to Payta or Guayaquil 5 

 ,, Payta to Panama . . . .10 



Across the Isthmus ..... 1 



Thence to England, touching at 

 one of the Windward Islands . 35 



Making in the whole . . . 62* 

 Taking Lima as a central position, by this 

 calculation, it appears that the difference of 

 time in conveying correspondence from the 

 western coast of South America to England, 

 may be thus stated : 



* This is unnecessarily long. The journey, by way 

 of the isthmus, has been accomplished from Lima to 

 Liverpool in 46 days. 



