Ebook The States of Central America

On presenting my views upon the subject to a few personal friends and public — spirited gentlemen, it was determined to incur the ex= pense of verifying them by a direct and careful examination of the country in question. I at once proceeded to organize a competent corps of reconnaissance for the purpose, which sailed from the United States in the month of February, 1853, returning in the month of January of the same year. The results of this reconnaissance, as also of a subsequent detailed survey of the line indicated, by com petent American and English engineers, are given in the chapters on the Honduras Inter-oceanic Railway, and need not be repeat ed here.