[Illustration: PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ AND THE MARITIME CANAL. ACCORDING TO THE SCHEME OF LINANT BEY & MOUGEL BEY. ENGINEERS TO THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.] [Illustration: Sketch shewing the MAHMOUDIEH CANAL, THE RIVER AND RAILWAY CONVEYANCE THROUGH EGYPT BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND SUEZ, AND THE DIRECT TRACK OF THE PROPOSED SHIP CANAL, THROUGH THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.] [Illustration: ROUTE OF STEAM SHIPS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Isthmus of Suez Question, by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps