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COMPARING GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCES. 
Suez to Jeddah, Jeddah to Aden; (length 
of Red Sea 1,500 miles). 
Breadth of Arabia—Jeddah to Persian 
gulf. 
Persian gulf to Mediterranean. 
Caspian to Mediterranean. 
Caspian to Straits of Ormuz (entrance 
to Persian gulf. 
Caspian to Kandahar 
East to west breadth of Persia (to head 
of Persian gulf). 
Eastern frontier of Persia. 
North to south length of Afghanistan 
and Baluchistan. 
Orenburg to Tashkend (approx) ) 1500 
Tashkend to Rawal Pindi „ j miles 
Easters frontier of India—Rawal Pindi 
to Allahabad, Allahabad to Manipur. 
Length of Western frontier of India. 
West coast of India—Karachi to Goa, 
Goa to Point de Galle (total 1500 miles) 
Eastern coast of India— 
Point de Galle to Masulipatam. 
Masulipatam to Mountain of Hoogli. 
Gibraltar to Madeira. 
Coast of Algeria. 
Coast of Morocco. 
South to east and south to west length 
of Morocco. 
Mean breadth of Sahara desert (north 
to south). 
Length of Guinea (north to south). 
Coast of Angola and Benguela. 
Length of Namaqualand, north to south 
Cape Town to Natal (straight line). 
Length of Cape Colony (north frontier 
line). 
Length of South African Republic and 
Orange River Free State. 
North Madagascar to Mauritius. 
North Madagascar to Zanzibar. 
South Madagascar to Delagoa bay. 
Ulundi to mouth of Zambesi. 
Mouth of Zambesi to Victoria falls. 
Sierre Leone to St. Jago (Cape de Verde 
islands). 
Surat to Himalayas. 
Bombay to Lucknow or Allahabad 
(approx.) 
Bombay to bay of Bengal (east to west). 
Calcutta to river Yang-tse-kiang. 
Calcutta to Chinese frontier (east to 
west), Chinese frontier (as above) to 
Hong Kong—Calcutta to Hong Kong 
1500 miles. 
North to south length of Burmah. 
Bay of Bengal to gulf of Tonquin 
(through Aracan)—also Rangoon to 
Hue. 
Cochin China to Phillipine isles (east to 
west. 
Canton to mouth of Yang-tse-kiang 
(Shanghai). 
Ningpo to Pechili. 
Pechili to Japan. 
Length of Niphon (Japan). 
ICA. 
Timbuctoo to Kumasi. 
Sierra Leone to Kumasi. 
Kumasi to Cameroons. 
Cameroons to mouth of river Congo. 
North to south length of Congo State 
(mean). 
Victoria falls to Tanganyika. 
Victoria falls to Walfish bay. 
Victoria falls to Kimberley (Orange 
river). 
Kimberley to Walfish bay. 
Cape Town to Mafeking. 
Cairo to Dongola. 
East-west breadth of Egypt (at Wady 
Haifa). 
White Nile to Zeylali (east to west). 
Northern boundary of Somaliland. 
Zeylah to north-coast boundary Uganda. 
North-coast boundary Uganda to Cape 
Delgado. 
Cape Delgado to Beira, 
