ABSTRACT
PORT SAID—INCEPTION AND CREATION—M. DE LESSEPS AND HIS SCHEME—BRITISH OPPOSITION TO PROJECT AND SUBSEQUENT REGRETS—ENGINEERING DIFFICULTIES OVERCOME—FIRST GLIMPSE OF PORT SAID—STREETS, HOUSES AND INHABITANTS—THE BAD OLD DAYS —MODERN PURIFICATION—EXCURSION ATTRACTIONS—PHYSICAL FEATURES OF CANAL—BRITISH SHARE-HOLDING AND CONTROL—TONNAGE NATIONALITY—A VISIT TO SUEZ.
