POCKET COMPANION. 25 Number of Miles by Steamer from New York to Kingston.............. 1,640 Amsterdam............ 3,510 Bermudas . 660 Bombay ..............11,574 Buenos Ayres.......... 7,110 Boston................ 310 Calcutta .............. 12,425 Canton................13,900 Constantinople........5,140 Cape Horn............8,115 Cape of Good Hope.... 6,830 Charleston........... 750 Columbia River.......15,965 Dublin................3,225 Gibralter.............. 3,300 Havre _____..........3,210 Halifax............... 612 Hamburg.............. 3,775 Havana ............... 1,420 Lima.................11,310 Liverpool.............. 3,210 London............... 3,375 Madras................11,850 Naples ............... 4,330 New Orleans..........2,045 Philadelphia........... 240 Panama............... 2,358 Pekin.................15,325 Quebec............... 1,400 Rio Janeiro............ 3,840 Round the Globe .....25,000 Sandwich Island.......15,300 San Francisco.........15,858 St. Petersburg......... 4,420 Valparaiso............ 9,750 "Washington.......... 400 The Longest Rivers in the World. RIVERS. RISE. Hudson........Adirond'ks, Mt. Marcy Potomac ...... Gr. Black Bone Mts .. James.........Allegheny Mountains. Susquehanna.. Lake Otsego.......... Colorado......San Iaba.............. Columbia.....Rocky Mountains..... Brahmapootra. Himalaya............ Mackenzie.....River Athabasca...... Danube........Black Forest......... Indus.........Little Thibet ....... Maykiang.....Thibet.............. Volga .........Lake in Volhonsky. St. Lawrence..River St. Louis..... Niger..........Base of Mt. Loma . Lena......... Heights of Irkutsk.. Yang-tse-Kia. .Thibet............... Nile..........Blue Nile, Abyssinia. Obi ...........Altaian Mountains . Murray........Australian Alps.. .. Hoang-Ho.....Koulkoun Mountains. Amazon.......Andes............ Mississippi___Lake Itaska.......... Missouri......Rocky Mountains___ EMPTY. Miles. Bay of N.York. 325 .ChesapeakeBay. 400 . Chesapeake Bay. 500 .Chesapeake Bay. 400 . G-'f of Calif ornia.1,000 .Pacific Ocean.. .1,090 . Bay of Bengal.. .1,500 .Arctic Ocean... .2,500 .Black Sea......1,630 .Arabian Sea..... 1,700 .Chinese Gulf ...1,700 .Caspian Sea.....1,900 .G'f of St. Law... 1,960 .Gulf of Guinea..2,300 .Arctic Ocean... .2,500 .China Sea.... ...2,500 .Mediterranean.. .2,750 .Arctic Ocean.... 2,800 . Encounter Bay.. 3,000 .Yellow Sea.....3,000 . Atlantic Ocean.. 3,944 .Gulf of Mexico..2,616 ..Gulf of Mexico..4,194 Maximum Age of Various Animals. Horse.................... 30 Whale, estimated........300 Elephant.................400 Siwan........... ........300 Tortoise..................100 Eagle.....................100 Raven...................100 Camel....................100 Lion...................... 70 Porpoise................. 30 Dog.......................10 Sheep............ .......10 Rabbit .. ...............7 Squirrel...................7 Bear.......................20 Cow ....................20 Deer......................20 Swine.....................20 Cat...................... 15 Fox......................15
