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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



THE CORINTH CANAL, A SWORD-CUT IN THE) BROWN EARTH SHORTENING THE 

 JOURNEY FROM THE ADRIATIC TO PIRAEUS BY 200 MIEES" 



Twelve years were required to complete the canal, which is four miles long, 75 feet broad, 

 and 26 feet deep, its construction representing a cost of sixty million francs. It connects the 

 Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf (see page 623). 



