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The journey from Berlin to St. Petersburg", r, 028 miles, takes forty-six hours, or an average of thirty-two and a half miles an hour. Com- pare this with an express on the Lake Sliore and Michigan Southern Railway which did the jour- ney between Buffalo and Cleveland, 183 miles, in 187 minutes, exclusive of stops. Allowing for time consumed in slowing down, 172 miles of the distance was run in 161 minutes, averag- ing 64. 26 miles an hour. Short distances were covered at the rate of seventy-fi...ve miles an hour. The Orient Express leaves Paris and Constan- tinople twice a week, and takes five days to do the journey. By leaving London at 10 a. M. , and traveling by Chalons, one reaches Vienna at 5. 50 the following evening; Budapest at 11 p. M. ; Belgrade at 6 a. M. ; Sofia at 4 i'. M. ; and the con- clusion of the third day finds you at Constan- tinople. The Indian mail train, chartered by the Brit- ish Government, traverses 1, 375 niiles. And in fifty-eight and a quarter hours reaches Brindisi.
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