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Another plan proposed, is navigating by 

 steam to the Pacific, under the following ar- 

 rangements : 



Taking Falmouth as a starting-point, it 

 would be necessary to steam from thence to 

 the latitude 27° north, and the longitude of 

 19*^ Avest, or thereabouts, to meet the trade- 

 winds, which is a distance of thirteen hundred 

 and fifty miles, and could be accomplished in 

 about eight days, at the rate of seven miles 

 per hour. The paddles, or such a part of them 

 as may be deemed necessary, could then be 

 unshipped, the wheels lashed, and the navi- 

 gation with sails continued to the latitude of 

 23^ south, and longitude 33° west, which is 

 the usual point of termination to the southern 

 trades, and is a distance of three thousand one 

 hundred and thirty miles, which, at six miles 

 per hour, could be effected in twenty-one days : 

 from thence to Montevideo, steaming should 

 be resumed, the distance being fourteen hun- 

 dred and forty miles, which, at the rate of eight 

 miles per hour (the steamers being now light) 

 would require about eight days. 



After reaching Montevideo, where the col- 

 liers have been ordered to stop and await the 

 arrival of the steamers, a relay of coals could 



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