...nearly the same as the breadth of the land crossed by the artificial part of the Caledonian canal. The isthmus of Nicaragua, by the position of its inland...as in the Scotch Highlands, there would be but one 269 that go to India round the Cape of Good Hope, and to Peru round Cape Horn, is 400 tons ; the whale-boats...

...of the Rio San Juan, has many features of resemblance with the defile in the Highlands of Scotland, where the river Ness forms a natural communication (between the mountain lakes and the gulph of Murray. At Nicaragua, as in the Highlands, there is to the west merely a barrier to pass;...

...lake into the Caribbean sea, present several traits of resemblance with that gorge of the Scottish highlands where the river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain lochs and the frith of Murray. At Nicaragua, as in the highlands of Scotland, there is only a single...

...lake into the Caribbean eea, present several traits of resemblance with that gorge of the Scottish highlands where the river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain lochs and the frith of Murray. At Nicaragua, as in the highlands of Scotland, there is only a single...

...lake into the Caribbean sea, present several traits of resemblance with that gorge of the Scottish highlands where the river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain lochs and the frith of Murray. At Nicaragua, as in the highlands of Scotland, there is only a single...

...lake into the Caribbean sea, present several traits of resemblance with that gorge of the Scottish highlands where the river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain locks and the frith of Murray. At Nicaragua, as in the highlands of Scotland, there is only a single...

...in proportion to the section of the canals or the breadth of the water-channel. . . . The position of Nicaragua, by the position of its inland lake,...river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain-lakes and the Gulf of Murray." Had Baron Humboldt lived until his ideas had assumed a tangible...

...with the Atlantic by the Rio San Juan, presents several features of resemblance with that neck of laud in the Scotch highlands where the river Ness forms a natural communication between the mountain-lakes and the Gulf of Murray." Had Baron Humboldt lived until his ideas had assumed a tangible...

...Caledonian canal. The isthmus of Nicaragua, by the position of its inland lake, and the communi cation of that lake with the Atlantic, by the Rio San Juan,...be but one narrow ridge to pass over; for, if the Rio San Juan in a great part of its course is from 30 to 40 feet deep, as is asserted, it would only...