12' 
2\ible of Distances continued. 
Lizard to Canton, touching at Madeira 
crossing the Line in Long. 26 W. going to 
Lat. 41 S, and Eastward to Long, of St. 
Paul's, and thence by the Straits of Sunda 
Lizard to Canton, touching at Madeira and 
Rio Janeiro -------- 
VOYAGE. 
Distance 
Nau. miles. 
Lizard to Manila (same route as No. 12 to 
the Straits of Sunda) - - - - - 
Distance 
via the 
Istlimus. 
Difference 
saved. 
14,750 
15,830 
14,210 
13,980 770 
13,980 
13,630 
1850 
580 
Lizard to Manila, touching at Rio Janeiro - 15,290 
13,630 1C60 
New York to Bocabarra, round Cape Horn! 
crossing the Line in Long. 26 W., Rioi 
Janeiro, Valparaiso, Callao, and Boca-i 
barra ----------- 12,390 
3330 
New York to Canton, by the Atlantic and^ 
Indian Oceans, crossing the Line in 
Long. 26 VV., and the same course as in: 
No. 12 ---------- -' 15,540 
18 iNew Orleans to Bocabarra, round Cape 
j Horn, to St. Thomas, Rio Janeiro, Valpa-| 
raiso, Callao, and Bocabarra - " " ", 12,510 
19 New Orleans to Columbia River, round Cape 
Horn ----------- 
New Orleans to the Columbia River^nland 
journey — up the Mississippi, up the Mis- 
souri and across the Rocky mountains 
Note. — This has a land journey of 900 miles full 
of difficulties. 
Jamaica to the Columbia River via the Isth- 
mus of Tehuantepec- - - - - - 
In favour of New Orleans tlie difference 
of 
22 New York to tlie Columbia River via the 
Isthmus of Teliuanteppc - - - . 
Jamaica to the same ------ 
14,830 
3400 
In favour of Jamaica the difference ofi 
3320 180 
3530 
5650 
3530 
9060 
11,950 3590 
900 11,610 
3220 I 11.610 
310 
2120 
Consequently in favour of the British Establishments in the West Indies ; 
and also for a British settlement in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for the whole 
trade of the China seas, the West Coasts of botli the Americas, and over the 
great Pacific Ocean. 
