50 The Humming Bird. 



To the memory of the most Illustrious 

 CHRISTOPHER COLOMB 



1492-1892. 



COMPLETION OF THE PANAMA CANAL 



By A. BOUGARD 



INTRODUCTION 



There are two projects for the completion of the Panama 

 Canal, both protecting the interests of the original Share and 

 Bond holders and leaving this valuable property in their 

 own hands, if they choose. 



Further on, I give an explicative notice of these two pro- 

 jects and I have not the least doubt that, if the original 

 Bond and Share holders, know their own interests and help 

 me thoroughly in the campaign which I am undertaking for 

 the Raising up of the Panama, works can be resumed, not 

 later than the 1 st of January 1893. 



The author of this pamphlet free of all parties, and all 

 projects, excepting his own, is one of the largest Title hol- 

 ders, titles which he bought mostly when every one had the 

 most entire confidence in the words of Baron Ferdinand de 

 Lesseps. 



In the purchase of these titles, he employed nearly all his 

 wealth, painfully acquired after thirty years of scientific 

 and industrial works. 



When the breaking up of the Company came to pass, he 

 was obliged to begin afresh, and to resume his scientific and 

 industrial works, but what would have been a great misfor- 

 tune for many has not been so for him ; because he is one 

 of those, who cannot remain inactive, and although very 

 busy in directing his scientific and industrial undertakings, 

 he found sufficient time yet to study the Panama question and 

 to publish some adequate notices on the Canal during the 

 year 1891 (1). 



The author was in scientific exploration in Panama when 



(1) See Humming Bird, 1891, pages 3, 10, 20, 21), H and 07. 



