APPENDIX 
377 
n. Distances, in a right line, of the principal stopping-places, for steamships 
sailing from Falmouth by way of Cape Horn, for Panama, Australasia, Canton, 
&c. 
From 
Falmouth - 
Terceira 
Olinda 
Rio Janeiro 
Buenos Ayres 
Cape Horn - 
Valparaiso - 
Lima - 
Falmouth - 
Panama 
Owhayi 
Falmouth 
Canton 
Batavia 
Falmouth 
From 
Falmouth - 
Terceira 
Chagres 
Panama 
Owhayi 
Falmouth • 
Falmouth 
Panama 
Lima 
Panama 
Otaheite 
Port Jackson 
Falmouth, - 
This communication might he very easily effected by the addition of a few small 
fast-sailing vessels of war, or steamers, which should make periodical visits to the 
towns I have mentioned. 
" The advantages of a direct communication between Panama and the West 
Indies, has already been felt and obtained by the practice of the admiral on the 
West India station, who is accustomed to dispatch a sailing vessel of war, at stated 
periods, to Chagres, in order to bring official and other correspondence, as well as 
specie, from the Pacific coast of South America. 
I am the more induced to make these representations, from a conversation I had 
with Commodore Mason, in which he expressed his concern, that he had not ade- 
quate force under his control to give protection to British commerce on the South 
American shore of the Pacific, and his confidence in the opinion, which has been 
much confirmed by my own observation, as well as by the report of others, more 
competent than myself, that such commerce has a tendency to increase if duly 
protected ; and that, if vessels of war were more frequently enabled to visit the 
Geographical 
To 
miles. 
Total. 
Terceira, (Azores) 
- 
1,620 
Olinda (Pernambuco) 
- 
2,520 
Rio Janeiro, 
- 
1,460 
Buenos Ayres 
- 
1,400 
Cape Horn, - 
". 
2,040— 
-9,040 
Valparaiso, - 
- 
2,200 
Lima, - 
- 
2,096 
Panama, 
. 
2,780— 
-7,076 
Panama, 
. 
16,116 
Owhayi, 
. 
3,480 
Canton, 
. 
3,960— 
—7,440 
Canton, 
- 
23,556 
Batavia, 
. 
1,780 
Ceylon, 
- 
1,680 
Ceylon, 
- 
27,016 
jected Canal at Panama : 
Geographical 
To 
miles. 
TotaL 
Terceira, 
. 
. 
- 
1,620 
Chagres, 
- 
- 
- 
3,540 
Panama, across 
the Isthmus 
of 
Darien, 
. 
. 
- 
12- 
—5,172 
Owhayi, 
. 
. 
. 
3,480 
Canton, 
. 
. 
. 
3,960- 
—7,440 
Canton, 
, 
. 
- 
12,612 
Panama, 
- 
. 
. 
5,172 
Lima, 
. 
. 
. 
2,780 
Valparaiso, - 
. 
- 
- 
2,096- 
-10,048 
Otaheite, 
. 
- 
- 
3,540 
Port Jackson, 
- 
. 
- 
3,104 
Hobart-town, 
- 
- 
- 
720- 
—7,364 
Hobart-town, 
. 
- 
- 
17,412 
