Napoleon I., gives England a mari-
time rival, 288, 289.
Napoleon III., project for a Nicar-
agua Canal, 167, 168.
Quoted on proposed Nicaragua
Canal, 281, 282.
Natives, character of, 218.
Good miners, 237, 238.
Nelson, expedition to Castillo Viejo
in 1780, 161.
On strategic value of Lake Nicar-
agua, 280.
Newell, U.S. Consul, report on mines,
etc., 233.
New markets, policy of, 330-332.
Nicaragua, discovered by Columbus,
144, et seq.
Name given by Gil Gonzales, 148.
How to reach, 258.
Excitement in, regarding Corinto
incident, 293, 294.
Effects of canal on, 317, 318.
Nicaragua Canal. See Canal.
Nicaragua incident, useful light on
Monroe doctrine, 295.
Nicaragua, Lake, part of canal, 20, et
seq.
Watershed, 22.
Character of shores, 22.
Dredging and rock-blasting re-
quired, 22.
Boyle's description, 24 footnote.
Nicaraguan life and customs 183-
192.
Nimmo, U.S. Bureau of Statistics,
estimate of probable traffic, 318,
320.
Noble, John, member of Commission,
47.
North Sea Canal, 268.
Ocean steamers, main dimensions of
largest, 100.
Ochoa dam, dimensions of, 26.
Discussed, 64-73.
Erstedt, survey by, 1847-48, 170.
Ojeda, Alonzo de, continues search
for channel, 1509, 146.
"Opening of China, The," special
correspondence of "The Times,"
referred to, 327.
Oviedo, Masaya volcano visited by,
125.
Pacific Slope, the effects of canal on,
308, et seq.
Palmerston, Lord, on Suez Canal,
Panama, sea-level canal, 2.
Inaugurated, 1879, 4.
Excavation begun, 1881, 4.
Lock system adopted, 4.
Work ceased, 1889, 4.
Liquidator's estimate of cost, in
1890, 4.
Lock system, views of Lesseps, 6.
Compagnie Nouvelle, 8.
Work recommenced, 1894, 8.
Personal inspection of, 8, et seq.
Cost of completion, 9.
Culebra cut, 10, et seq.
Cause of failure, 12.
Conclusions, 12.
Congress of, 1825, 165.
Paris, Congress at, 1879, 173.
Paterson, William, Scots settlement
at Darien, 156, et seq.
Founder of Bank of England,
158.
Quoted on inter-oceanic communi-
Other products, 254-256.
Cattle raising, 257.
Revenue, probable of canal, 322.
Revolutions in Central America, 201,
Riquet, Pierre Paul de, maker of
Languedoc Canal, career of, 274,
footnote.
Roads, waggon, in Nicaragua, 195.
Salisbury, Lord, surveys to S.W.
China sanctioned by, 332.
San Carlos river, character of, 28.
How affected by Ochoa dam, 65, et
seq.
San Juan river, variation in flow,
Rapids, 26, et seq.
Discharge of, 83.
Major Dutton thinks further inves-
tigation desirable, 83.
San Francisco basin, 30.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, time for
lockage, 91.
Traffic in seven months in 1892,
nearly 11,000,000 tons, 92.
Bearings of, on Nicaragua Canal,
Scots settlement at Darien, 156, et
seq.
Selva-Hise convention, the, 169.
Senate bill, text of, Appendix No.
VIII., 419-434.
Objects of, 52.
Motif of, 54.
Seward, Secretary, interpretations
of "Monroe doctrine by, 300,
301.
Ship canals, completed and pro-
posed, 51, 52.
Principal dimensions of, 98.
Three classes of, 260, 261.
Erie Canal completed in 1825,
264.
Washington supports canals, 264.
Struggle between canals and rail-
roads, 265.
Baltic Canal, 266, 267.
Corinth Canal, 267, 268.
North Sea Canal, 268.
Amsterdam Canal, 268, 259.
Manchester Canal, 269, 270.
Caledonian Canal, 270, 271.
Sault Ste. Marie Canal, its hearings
on Nicaragua Canal,
Canal maritime du Midi, 273-
276.
Illinois drainage and ship canal,
276, 277.
Portiloff Canal, 277,
Three important ship canals pro-
jected, 277, 278.
Social and political Nicaragua, rail-
way system, 175.
Lake and river steamers, 176, 177.
The art of travel, 176.
Costumbre del pais, 178.
Nicaraguan hotels, 178-181.
El Baño, 180.
Cookery in Nicaragua, 180, 181.
Club life, 183.
Phases of Nicaraguan life and
customs, 183-192.
Courtship, 185, 186.
The fair sex, 188, 189.
Amusements of the youth, 190.
Music and the theatre, 191.
Cargadores and carreteros, 192.
Market scenes, 193.
Labour and immigration, 193, 194.
Waggon roads and mule travel,
195.
Wages, 196.
Beggars, 196.
Architecture, 198.
Character of Government, 200.
How elections are managed, 200,
Revolutions, 201, 202.
The right of voting, 202, 203.
The Government and laws, 203,
205, 206.
A Nicaraguan writer on Spanish-
American Republics, 203-205.
The Church, 206
Public instruction, 206.
Public library, 207.
Author's conclusions as to progress
in Nicaragua and Central Ame-
rica generally, 207, 208.
Solis and Pinzon followed Columbus
in '506, 146.
Southern States, the effects of canal
on, 312, et seq.
Progress of, 312, 313.
Spanish Cortes, the, decrees making
of canal in 1814, 165.
Squier on rapids, 26, 27, footnote.
Description of "tortillas," 180,
footnote.
On pre-historic remains, 221-223.
State, the. functions of, in regard to
works of communication, 51.
Steamer service on lake and river,
176, 177.
Stephens, J. L., confidential mission
of, on behalf of U.S. Government,
167.
Suez Canal, description of, 136.
Compared with Nicaragua Canal,
136, et seq.
Commission of English engineers
condemns project, 138.
Sir John Hawkshaw on, 138.
Opposition of Palmerston, 139.
Purchase of shares by British
Government, 140.
Neutralized 29th October, 1887,
Guide as to yearly increase of traffic,
320-322.
At first ridiculed in England, 321.
Surveys; engineering expedition of
Maritime Canal Company, 38.
Difficulties encountered in, 39.
Taylor, Captain H. C., on strategic
value of lake, 285, 286.
Tehuantepec, survey of, by Cramer,
161.
Tehuantepec ship railway, 13.
Eads' scheme, 13, 14.
Estimated cost, 14.
Time for completion of canal, dis-
cussed, 131, et seq.
Tola dam, one of the keys controlling
canal, 66.
Towns of Nicaragua, population of,
209.
Principal, 209-216.
Traffic, estimate of probable, Nimmo,
U.S. Bureau of Statistics 318-320.
Ammen, Admiral, U.S. Navy, 318.
Levasseur, M., viâ Panama, 319.
Maritime Canal Company of Nicar-
agua, 319, 320.
Canal
Company, 319, 320.
Lesseps' use of Levasseur's estimate
not justified, 319, 320.
Suez Canal, a guide as to yearly
increase of traffic, 320-322.
Transcontinental railways, chief
opponents to Nicaragua Canal
scheme, 306.
Transit, time of, 127.
Travel, mule, 195.
Treaties, Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 169.
Text in Appendix No. I., 339-344.
Dickenson-Ayon treaty, Appendix
No. II., 345-350.
Frelinghuysen - Zavala treaty, 38.
Text in Appendix No. III.,351-362.
Uganda railway, 50, 51.
Union Pacific Railway, subvention
to, 48, 49.
United States Government, Commis-
sion appointed in 1895 by, 43.
Support of ex-territorial works, 52.
Expedition under Crossman and
Hatfield dispatched by, in 1872,
172.
Survey of Nicaragua route by Lull
and Menocal ordered, 172.
Upper route, opinion on, 34.
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