The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-12

was observable. This proved to be the t,ry bed al
was found to be eighteen feet below thu. surface of
tae Medlterransan: AS soon cutting could be
enc enected tnrougn she Ell Gulsr bluffs the water OF
tne great sea was allewed to run Into IL IL took
four months to I'LL the lake.
AS i is situated exactly midway between the two
seas the port OF lsmaia is likely become a nromi-
nent one. There is eighteen feet OF water in IT, hut
It win shortly be deepened throughout iis whole ex
tent to twenty-siX feet. The outward and inward
navigation running through 10 must increa Sc its i'm
p0rtance 1t destined to be the inland po1 of the
tablished magazines stables, workshops for repairs
and hotels. Quay walls are about to be constructed
The trade Of ali Egypt will centre here, ana thus cty
of five years growth already containing population
of five thousand souls will in tune become the
pOpuOus In the country. railway running nom
Cairo to this place was opened last month and q
train departs every morning regularly at SIX O'Clock
Another will be opened within two months from date
from this city TO SueZ; all that is required is
lay the rails OF which fourteen miles have been COM
petsd The railway from Cairo to Suez win be taken
up and laid down along the eastern embankment OF
OF the Maritime canal to Port Said that when 1t
is completed the Indian and China passengers will
no longer be despatched from Alexandra Via Cairo
to Suez distance Of 20 miles, but by rail from Port
Said via Ismaila to Suez distance of one hundred
miles. Three canals centre here already, the great
Maritime canal, the Zagazig canal, or the ancient
Neeho's canal, and the Suez sweet water canal:
As 1t was named after the present VicerOy, Isman
Pacha 1t is not to be wondered ut that he favors Its
growth. In anticipation Of Its coming greatness O.
lake. which he has surrounded with beautiful gardens
filled with choicest exotcs rare plants and trees,
which promise to pay him in IN few years with grateful
pretty chalets dot the lake Shores forming elegant
suburbs to the future great city Of 1smaa. NJ. voisn
Bey, the Drecteur Generate des Travaax, and N.
de Lesseps have erected palaces, surrounded by
some acres Of handsome gardens, and the ivy has
already festooned the pillars Of their yerandas the
foliage Of which wildly contrasts with the tawny
sand in the neighborhOod. The orange, plantan,
pomegranate and the mulberry are seen there also,
augurs well for their growth, II tended with the
same care and watchfulness. ..us.1
NJ fhn Tons Anno M tn
tend to confpe himself to controlling the waves Of
two great SEAS but he is setting about even now to
monitor. on the southern shores Of the lake
branches Of broom and pine have been planted,
and e aa deSes
through the ground, are thriving finely. The
tamarsk and furze have been planted for many
agglutinate the SOIL The seed Of the maritime pine
has been tufted plots acres Of the desert
Ismaila during the moist season, and, deep fur
rows having been made to receive the rain, the ten
der sprouts sprung forth abundanty, turning the
Beoe oe this Of the maritime
canal opened to Ismaila will state that everything
has been done to satisfy the preudices Of all the
scientific men OF Europe and very few OF these now
visiting the canal find cause to doubt it's success.
Many English engineers raised objections and doubts
navigation should be introduced that the agitation
of the water would quickly destroy the banks, be-
the channel. To guard against this probability they
have adopted slopes, two on the base line TO one IN
height which Is very gradual rise 80 Tar sb TINS aas
prove necessary to sink stones along It's whole
course. -
THE DRY CUTTING FROM IsMAILA TO sUEz. :
few words will suffice for the description Of this
work rigole ten feet deep and sixty feet broad
serapium, distant fifteen miles from the former
place AT Serapium is rather high plateau through
wmch tne canal must enter 10 Inc B,e S Lakes 40
sweet water canal one mile long was made to I'll q
natural depression found in the plateau with the
% n wat w
TO tn maritime canal from lsmaila TO Suez. great
dea Of work is necessary here as the bottom OF the
reservoir Is still eighteen feet above the bed OF the
rig 10 and further depth Of sixteen feet Will have
to be excavated to make 1t on level with the full
Prom Serapiurn, the ancient Baalzephon of the
Scriptures, to the Bitter Lakes Is distance OF eight
miles. No water has been let beyond Serapium, so
that you must continue the journey on horseback
over the desert for any further inspection OF the
route
The Bitter Lakes formed once the extreme arm of
the Red Sea, but the prophecy OF Isaiah, that 'the
waters OF the Egyptian Sea a.n should be dried up
which grew its borders, should be laid waste,''
has long since been fulfilled. When the Inter
route they found the dry bed OF a lake fifteen
miles long and six broad, and upon taking ts<evel
they discovered that it was thirty feet below the sur
necessary to touch any part Of It, Next October the
waters Of the Mediterranean will be let into it, To
Ill this dry basin which will occupy nine months,
win require three hundred and fifty million square
yards OF water gradually let in by system Of locks
Bitter Lakes to the station, Chalouf Ell Terraba
Is ten miles This part also presented great diicul-
where rock was found Piedmontese miners '' were
employed to blast the rock while four hundred Arabs
with their baskets conveyed the debris over the
heights. 1t Is now nearly completed, but few feet
more required to be cut to attain its proper depth
Some portions OF the cutting are ready for the
water. .i.
From Chalouf Ell Terraba to Suez the debouchure
OF the maritime canal is seven miles, the soil Of
which s the sand Of the Red Sea. Half way between
this place is the ancient town OF Clysma The canal
also crosses the track OF the lsraetes where they
crossed on dry land through the Red Sea.
broad, shallow farrow Is all that IL seen at this
portion until you reach Suez, when Che gigantic pre-
partitions made for great seaport may be seen to
advantage.
Before this vast and important undertaking des-
commenced Suez was but . miserable collection OF
fellah huts, with one palace In It overlooking the
bay, butt BY one Of the Mameuke t beys few
Napoleon Bonaparte resided In this palace once, and
80 great was the scarcity OF water that days sup
conveyed from the wells of Noses situated ten miles
from the town. When Napoleon resided here his.
then he uttered that sentenous dictum already men,
toned which alarmed England SO much and finally
twenty years SINCE on the opening Of the Peninsuar
and Oriental ComPanys line ems palace passed into
s s%s sa m r b o me
dian and China passengers who availed themselves
Of the overland route. An English company then
place, but witha Suez showed no signs of improve
ment. But when Port Said was built and the great
conduit OF the two about TO become q fact,
then 1t seemed to awake from It's lethargy, and
Italians Greeks and Maltese began to arrive here
and settle down until 1t presents to-day quite busi-
ness aspect.
The Suez Hotel IL very creditable house; II IL the
half way hating place between England and india
In II may be met the class OF Englishmen who have
revolutionlzed ASIA Dickens aud Macaulay might
learn characters and Carlyle might find his apo
theosis on whom Victoria ought to bestow q king
ship. Each day In a round year may be found the
apopectic, Anglolndian olfcer returning home ater
his half century absence from his native country, the
asthlnatic and goutlsh red man, who had been
trained In diplomacy at SEINE eastern rajah's court,
an apocayptic editor OF India VINO looks weird after
life well spent In nagellating ideas into saxon SUI
balterns and and reforming rakes Then there the
professional old chap, specially British, dead set
against the insidous innovations OF the new school,
the resolute, dauntless, impcrous general, willing
enough to have chance to muster the posse commit
dus OF the United Kingdom to repress the arrogant