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, charles.

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

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

Copyright, 1910,

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

(INCORPORATED)

Copyright, 1912,

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

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First Edition, October, 1910
New Revised Edition, January, 1912
Third Impression, May, 1912
Fourth Impression, July, 1912
Fifth Impression, February, 1913

Electrotyped and Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S. A.

DEDICATED

TO MY FRIEND

J. E. Durham

IN APPRECIATION OF HIS STERLING CHARACTER

AND AMIABLE PERSONALITY