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NOETH-EAST AFEICA. 



At a distance of a few hundred yards from the European town stretches the 

 Arab quarter, in which more than one building in the style of the " Infidels " has 

 already sprung up, and which promises ere long to be completely surrounded by 

 its flourishing neighbour. In any case the bed of Lake Menzaleh, which is here 

 very shallow, offers an unlimited space for the development of the city. 



The outer port is sheltered by two breakwaters built with blocks of concrete 

 weighing 20 tons each. The western structure is 8,300 feet, the eastern 6,300 feet 



Pig. 130.— Port Saïd. 

 Scale 1 : 90,000. 



E .of Greenwich 38° i8' 



52°30' 



Depths 



Lighthouse. to 16 Feet. 16 Feet and upwards. Light-ship. 



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long, and they jointly enclose a space of about one square mile in extent, which 

 gives ample room for the largest vessels to ride at auchor, and which in front of 

 the city ramifies into several basins, affording a further space of 175 acres for 

 the shipping. Facing the city on the east or Asiatic side are vast depots of coal, 

 of which over 540,000 tons were imported in the year 1883. On the southern or 

 African side are the workshops and dry docks built for the construction and repair 



