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hama, will be 5,573 nautical miles. The cable will, however, be divided into three sections, — from San Francisco to Honolulu, 2,093 miles; from Honolulu to Midway Island, 1,220; and from Midway Island to Yokohama, 2,260 miles. a, Fig. 6243, is the Ohio River cable. It is composed of an interior wire of No. 10 Swedish iron, surrounded by three coats of gutta-percha and three of Osnaburg, the whole inclosed in No. 10 longitudinal wires, and lashed with one of similar size. b is the Hudson River cable. It has three No. 10 conducting wires, each insulated by a gutta-percha covering inclosed in the same material, and is wrapped with tarred yarn. c is an improvement on this, the wires being separated by solid gutta-percha incorporated in one mass with that which envelops all three. This is covered with tarred hempen twine. d e is the Dover and Calais cable, the first of importance laid in Europe, composed of four interior copper wires surrounded by gutta-percha covered with