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THE CANAL
TO-DAY

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT

OF THE CANAL PROJECT FROM THE EARLI-
EST TIMES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
THE ENTERPRISES OF THE FRENCH COM-
PANY AND THE UNITED STATES, WITH A
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WATER-
WAY AS IT WILL BE ULTIMATELY CON-
STRUCTED: TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY AND THE FIRST
COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF ITS PHYSI-
CAL FEATURES AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

BY

FORBES LINDSAY

Author of "Panama, the Isthmus and the Canal," etc.

WITH FIFTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM RECENT
PHOTOGRAPHS, AND FIVE MAPS

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DEDICATED

TO MY FRIEND

J. E. Durham

IN APPRECIATION OF HIS STERLING CHARACTER

AND AMIABLE PERSONALITY

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