Excerpt from An Account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Republic of Mexico: With Proposals for Establishing a Communication Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

In presenting this account of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the Public, the Editors deem it necessary to premise that it has been principally compiled from two reports published in London, in the year 1844, by Sr. Gaetano Moro, the Engineer, under whose superintendence the Survey was executed, and it has been their endeavour, in all statements of facts, to give them as near as possible, in the words of Sr. Moro, as found in his publications.

They have, however, thought it advisable to re-arrange he materials in their present order, differing in this respect from the work of Sr. Moro. They have omitted such parts as purely described the scientific methods adopted by the engineers, but the results are carefully preserved in the Appendix, in a tabular form, as given by themselves.

The Comparison of the various proposed lines of Communication across the American Isthmus has been stated, with some additions, not given by Sr. Moro, but which are rendered necessary in consequence of a Report by M. Garella, on the Isthmus of Panama, having appeared in the Journal des Debats in Paris, on the 15th January, 1846, while this work was still in the press.

The chapter of Estimates of Returns did not appear in Sr. Moro's first work. The materials he collected in his additional Report have, however, been made use of by the present Editors, with some modifications.

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