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... Panama Railway ( on both sides ) , some seventy steamers ply , the combined tonnage of which is not far short of 100,000 tons . I mention these facts to show that the above - mentioned statement is not an exaggera- tion . The Pacific ...
... Panama Railway ( on both sides ) , some seventy steamers ply , the combined tonnage of which is not far short of 100,000 tons . I mention these facts to show that the above - mentioned statement is not an exaggera- tion . The Pacific ...
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... Panama or the plains ; 4th , the high price of land ; 5th , -Duties 4th , —the . averaging 24 per cent . levied on British goods in the neighbouring American ports . * " The high rate of wages in Oregon and California , and the ...
... Panama or the plains ; 4th , the high price of land ; 5th , -Duties 4th , —the . averaging 24 per cent . levied on British goods in the neighbouring American ports . * " The high rate of wages in Oregon and California , and the ...
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... PANAMA , TO SAN FRAN- CISCO , AND THENCE TO THE BRITISH COLONIES . LAND AMERICAN ROUTES . POSTAL . ― THE FOUR OVER- THERE are at present seven routes open to the traveller , by any one of which he can reach the colonies on the Pacific ...
... PANAMA , TO SAN FRAN- CISCO , AND THENCE TO THE BRITISH COLONIES . LAND AMERICAN ROUTES . POSTAL . ― THE FOUR OVER- THERE are at present seven routes open to the traveller , by any one of which he can reach the colonies on the Pacific ...
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... Panama , the quickest route , and at a fraction of the expense of the latter . All long sea voyages are monotonous , and in this case remarkably so , as land is seldom seen or visited from port to port ; the only variety , and that not ...
... Panama , the quickest route , and at a fraction of the expense of the latter . All long sea voyages are monotonous , and in this case remarkably so , as land is seldom seen or visited from port to port ; the only variety , and that not ...
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... PANAMA . Who that crossed it then can forget the heat and filth of Chagres , the packs of curs and flocks of buzzards , the struggle in bungos and with boatmen up the river , the scenes of riot and debauchery at the villages , jungle ...
... PANAMA . Who that crossed it then can forget the heat and filth of Chagres , the packs of curs and flocks of buzzards , the struggle in bungos and with boatmen up the river , the scenes of riot and debauchery at the villages , jungle ...
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