CONTENTS. 



VOL. II. 



CHAPTER IV. Continued. 



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THE ORIGIN OF THE SUEZ CANAL ... .1 



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CHAPTER V. 



A QUESTION OF THE DAY ...... 155 



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CHAPTER VI. 



AFTER THE WAR OF 18701871 . .161 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL AND THE CONGRESS OF 1879 . 172 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 STEAM .......... 203 



CHAPTER IX. 

 ALGERIA AND TUNIS. . 223 



