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give below the various routes from New York to Mexico, by steamship and railroad, and partly by steamer and partly by rail:

.—From New York via Havana, Progreso, Campeche, and Frontera, to Vera Cruz, by steamer, in about ten days.

.—From New York to New Orleans by rail in about sixty hours, thence steamer to Vera Cruz in about five days, calling at Bagdad, Tampico, and Tuxpan.

I.—From New York to Laredo, Texas (on the Rio Grande), by rail in four days; or to El Paso, Texas, via St. Louis, in about the same time.

Leaving New York, the steamer reaches Havana in about four days. A stop of an entire day is generally made at Havana before proceeding to the Mexican ports,