COMPARING GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCES. 
145 
America. 
Mount Hecla (Iceland) to Cape Fare¬ 
well (Greenland). 
Cape Farewell to Resolution island 
(Hudson straits). 
Cape Farewell to Cape Charles (South 
Labrador). 
East to west breadth of Greenland 
(through Jacobshavn). 
Length of coast-line of Labrador. 
Mouth of St. Lawrence to Quebec. 
North to south length of Hudson bay 
to Cape Wolstenholme. 
Chicago to south of Hudson bay. 
„ Montreal. 
„ New York. 
Charlestown. 
New York to Charleston. 
South of Lake Winnipeg to Rocky 
mountains. 
South of Lake Winnipeg to south of 
Hudson bay. 
South of Lake Winnipeg to Chicago. 
Bermuda to Cape Hatteras. 
Cape Hatteras to South Florida. 
Mean north to west breadth of Alaska. 
Length of California. 
„ Cuba. 
East to west breadth ef Ecuador. 
Peru. 
Bolivia. 
Colombia. 
33 33 
33 33 
33 33 
Australia. 
Mean breadth of Queensland (east to Mean breadth of South Australia. 
west). Coast-line of New South Wales. 
Mean breadth of New South Wales. 
Reproduced "by kind permission from Geographical Journal of September, 
1897. 
