... The project of a ship canal through the Isthmus of Pa- nama, suggested by the narrowness of the division there between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific, is nearly as old as the European knowledge of that fact Why it has not been done is apt, when asked ...

... parallel may, with most propriety, be instituted. Cuba commands the northern and Trinidad the southern extremity of the great Caribbean Gulf. Cuba is within an easy distance of the Floridas, Haiti, Jamaica, and Yucatan; Trinidad is favourably situated for intimate ...

... ruin of so flourishing a possession, and which contrasts in so admirable a manner with the ruined foreign colonies of the Caribbean Sea. The idea of the foreign influence, which so haunts the imagination of certain parties here, being employed in pro- ...

... gigantic scale on the high seas, and was intended to give the inhabitants of the islands and seaports that stud and bound the Caribbean Sea a frequent and rapid interchange of communication one with another and with Great Britain, on the plan adopted with the ...

... vessels, and a ship canal carried from the lake to the Pacific Ocean (acdietanco of bi leagues,) so as to connect it with the Caribbean Sea. The canal, for a corr tati distance, should be counducted by a tunnel, through a hill elevated 487 English feet above ...

... the Assembly should be requested to move in the matter. It is to be hoped that the appearance of American steamers in the Caribbean waters will give a fillip to English emulation. The monopoly hitherto enjoyed understhe protection of incorporated privileges ...

... eroratie bottomo uptwards, bsol eo mark or tester could be seeso so as to lead to her ideoltit. On the Bth of April, the Caribbean, from the Clyde to St. John's, Newtontlloano, was lost iii the ice off Cape Bollard; cre's, passeogers, and part of cargo ...

... steainer floatitig upwaris, but nt mnnrk or letter countl be seen so as to lead to her identity. Oin the 8tb ot April, the Caribbean from the Clydte to et. John's, Newf'oundland, was lost in the ice off Cape Bollard ciew, W rtsseirgeru , and part of cargo ...

... of France, it commands the passage es to India, and now possesses a long strip of the Chinese gulf th and riyer, Ian the Caribbean Sea, the finest of the West India Islands, independently of Canada, Newfountdland, New Holland, and New Zealand, are tributary ...

... geographical position of thle countries entitled to claim thle benefit of theem, we wvill compare the Gulf of Mexico aid the Caribbean Sea to an irregular semicircle. Near the centre of ?? line joining its extremities is the islaiid of' Jamaica, distant about ...

... Cuba commands the luasigrotion of the Gulf of Mexico, of the Pay of hoe 1-ondusrat, tettd of a coosiderable part of tle Caribbean 'rat Seal. No vessel can nail from the coasts bordering on L on. thesea waters into the Atlantic withiout passing ril on ...

... floating bottom utpwards, but no *marl or letter could be seen so as to lead to her identity:- Onl the 8th of April. the Caribbean, from the Clyde to St. John's, Newfoundland, was lost in the ice off Cape Bollhrd; crew, passengers, amd part of cargo were ...