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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07
: Mit Srauer ertpQbaen mir BEN

: Dit Srauer ertpdbaen mir ben
Sob unieres 9errn $. $. &mann.
Seine @adlafenidaft unb Serr Ger
maun .. &maun nebmen feline
STEELE ein in Der 6irmu, welde NIT
5emlelben Capital, berleIben 8erant=
mo,tlihfeit uno bemielbsn 3itel fortbez
Itebt. 2odmoob & Gampman1t,
S. g. Qodpooo,
Caroline Gampmann,
German 8. &mdnn.
San antonip, /. Oftober 1885.
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07
0emtfde Gintpanserer.

Die beuti9en @inpanberer, pelde
am Sonntage nit benz 9ampfer
nWeier" in @alpelton anfamen, reiffeu
am Montage nod ibren 8eltimmungs.
orten meiter. sic tpurben gum She'll
BON Der Wdfouri=p aeificbabn, gum 9beil
nit Der Gulf, Colorado & @anta Sc
8abn 6ortbin bef0rbert. IS maren
pol Grtuadiene unb A 3inber, 3ufam=
men 335 perionen. Sic 2eute madten
6ur6peg einen iebr suten, tbeilueiie
fogar bebdbigen @inbrud uub ale 59ie:
men gut nit MitteIn perfebem au fein.
ungefdbr bier Gunftel BON linen tuaren
i'm 8eiiBe bon birecten 8iletten BON
Deutf9lano mad ibrem teranii1en Be-
fimmangsorte. Sic meiften eingen
nod Mnfieblungen entlang Der @albe=
ton, 0arrisburg & San Mntonio gis
fenbabn. Sic POI @intpanberer, tpelz
DIE am Montag init Der Mi1ouri paciz
iesBabn Deiter bef6rbert murben, perz
tbeilen fi9 mie folgt:
Nabaiota, Is; Columbus, 2; BUR-
ton, 10; 8renbam, 35; Mlma, II;
@dulenburg, %; Souifom, L; Stem
Orleans, 6; BeIoiae, 2; San Nntonio,
8; Weimar, 2; @uero, 5; Sem 8aben,
l; Meria, l; 6odlep, Z; GIatonia, 5;
geobetter. 10; 8ibbings, IL; @aines=
bile, 6; ga Strange, 1; 8eorgetomn,
|; gainger. 8; Dubal. 2; Seguin, L;
@alomea, 2; Nufin, 3; Sacramento,
GAL, 20; San Graneiseo, 2; Oar
tpDob, 2.
IuBer bieien tpurben nod 80 bur9
Die Sulf, COLORADO & Santa Sc 8abn
peiterbef6rbert. beren Gel Die folgenz
ben Srte tparen:
S1ulenburg, Weimar, 6%latomia,
Brenbam, @albmea, Sealp, SaplOr
unb gorlcana.
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wrpceries. @rpeeries.

sc siebt biele @roeerb. Sanblunsea in Gan
Mntonio, aber pie penise, bic fid NIT Der bon
aranias Yreseott & Co.. Ode bon Solebao uub
3oufon. Strabe mefen f0nmen! Bel Preseott's
fnbet man aleS, bon ben sansbarfen STAPLE
@aaren bis 81 ben %feinften importirten Delifa.
tefen. Deutf9e tuerben namentIid auf bic in
Blsdfannen berpadtsn beutiden @emiie auf>
merriam semadt. Sebe @ode friide Gen.
bunsen. f,f0t1M
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

Ber iest @elb iparen unb ii) sleid3eitis bic
@enustbuums berfdafen mill, in 8efib tuabr>
baft reeaer @nare au gelansen, Der belude
9arrh 3 II m's @ein. unb gisarrenbanb.
lung. Ct Iisfert gud pofitiu bic 8etueife fur
bic Nedtteit ieinsr importirten nnb einbeimi,
fden @eine, 0iauore unb gisarren unb bab CT
b~iefelben biaiser als iraenb elm @bolelaIe 9aus
in ODER auberbalb Gan antonio b%erfautt.
Baum lift entidlofen, Bis gum l. Sanuar auf-
aurdumen unb ieinen &unben ben Nuben ieiner
@abnabmen aufommen gu lafen. l,totsM
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

Sur nod 3 Monate Bis gum l. Sanuar unb
Bis babin 5ietet fid bic @elegenbeit bel s arrb
e6te @eine. Is )isieYs, 8ranbies unb gisarren
gu fp%ottbiuisen &reiien su faufen. Die Ansa.
ben, iusIde SSerr Baam in Betref ieiner @aaren
madt, bepa5rbeiien dd bio ms sIeinife Detail.
mem ct bic gerfideruns siebt, hab ct $50
Prosent an ieiuen Waaren fpart, fam beriel.
ben unbebinat gIauben fdenfen. 1,lOt3W
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Gin nntcrnebmenoee, s%nperldifiacS
Gau3.

Man fam fd fets auf u. Dreib rerIar
fen, nidt allsin, bab er bas Bette fHbrt, Ieat er
fd bic asentur bon mobIbetannten bepd6rtcn
Grtifsln, bic baS golf mag, 3u unb erbalt ii6
.baeurA ben Dbiaen Guf. er Bat iebt Die aaen,
tur fur Or. Sings Asue gntbsduns sesen Aus.
sebruns iiberuommsn unb b~erfauft bic Mebi5in,
neil er peib. bab fis gut III. Sic furirt iebe
Infection Der Reble, ernse unb 8ruf. grobe.
Glafden fret
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

m.Velvetine Powder" Dief
Yrdparation muroe suert in Der preubildeu
Mrmee segen berbriibte unb s~rinbise 8ibe, ae.
gen oas Wunoreiten ober Wnnblaufen, aeoen
Yridelbibe uno ale Der leberbibuna oes Blutes
ent,prinsenoen Sautfranfbeiten ~anaepanbt,
Wis elm Yulber fit ainber febt es unHibertrof.
ten oa. YreiS % Gents. Yrdparirt unb aum
gertanf BET ". Dreib, MIamo Drug Store,
San Wntnnin.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07
FRANK STAIRS
Fish and OYSTER Depot.
40 West Commerce Street.
Flint C|ass Restaurant Connected

Receives daily and viii ship by express
o. Otherwise Berwick Bay, Matagorda Bay,
New Orleans Lake, Mobile Plant, Biiozss
Plant, xxx Select and Select Oysters in
barrels and half barrels to order.
Every variety Of Gulf Fish, Shrimp, Crabs,
hard and soft she'll, deep sea turtle, etc.
All oTde . for country filed promptly and
carefully. Orders delivered free in the city.
am constantly receiving fresh goods
BY express, for proof Of which I refer 10
Wells, Fargo a Co.'S and Texas Express
company. Telephone No. 1858.
15,9,d6m FRANK STARR.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

- Sie @ranb Surp bat gesen ben
Griebensridter Mar NeuenborH atpei
tpeitere Mntlagen erboben, cine lautet
auf grpre1ung un6 bic anoere auf
Gdlf9ung.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

Wer ba ni6t liebt @ein, Weib, @e=
fang,
Ser 6leibt ein Starr iein 2ebelang,
Wem Sail & III" Sabaf ni6t
f6medt,
Sn benz fein beuti9er Rau9er ftedt.
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@rBffmmna nes 8aaaarS,

9eute Nbenb !inbet in benz Scale beg
@aiinos bic @rDfnune Der nGair" gum
Befen unierer beutf6=engliihen Sdule
ltatt. 8eridume Niemanb, bieielbe au
beiu6eu! Sir bic brei Mbenbe 1T cine
gauge &eibe bon 1sberraf9ungen in
Wusidt gefteIt morben. Nlio nod
mails: 9eute, mDrgen unb ibermorgen
Mben6, %aagemeines &enoe5bous int
Gafno!
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

aT @ir fibren bic beten 9emben
unb 9erren=S oiletteartifel, Die impor=
ttrt merben fDnnen. &ommt mnb per=
glei9t preiie. paneoait&So n.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-10-07

aar 2abt Cure Nn3iige BEL pan=
coat & Sobn MAIDEN, ,pel9e bic
beiten Waaren, bic bette Mrbeit unb ben
belten Shnitt l~ieferu.
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Sanen=S a5aar gum Beitem Der
Neuffm :ennIiic1eft &d1ulc.

Dieieaigen unierer Mitbiirger, tpel6e
fur ben obi9en 3tpsd @esenitdnbe ihenz
fen polen, tDeroen freunoli9n gebeten,
oteielben mir in bic Wpbnung, Str. 16,
Galino @traBe, suauf6iden.
6rau &. 8edmann.
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sa~ @inen sroBen 8orratb bon fe.>
tigen 6errenfIeibern- 9o9=
aeits= uno @eielf6afts= Mn3iige @pe3iali
tdt = finbet man bel Paneoa # &
Sobn. Qualitdt Dor3igli6; Yreile
biQiq.
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Wm. $. Outtcrfibe & Co.,

Ylumber8 u. Sitters,
335 OF 9ouionfrase, Gan gntonio. Babe
wannen, Sturabdber, 8aierelOlets, Marmor,
platten, 6u%mmiidldude, 8lei- nno Giienr0b.
rem, @ierapparate uno @asixtures aaer Grt.
Mae guftra9e peroen prompt aussefabrt.
2O.3-
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8dderet unb @iseream > YurlOr
bon
II. Wence.

329 Souiton. Ode bon Sefsrfon. StraSe.
Dem seebrten Yublifum sur Na9ridt, baf
i'd fets cine bolffdnbise auspabI bonn feinter
8adperf unb i~eIbitsemndten uno importirter
Candies auf Eager baltic. Eis.@ream nirb in
ieber Quantitdt ms Saus s~eliefert.
GtSfalte8 Gocas II. Wineraltpaffer.
1877 93N
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Nn bas
&eifenDe publitum

Dtm rsiieuben ga6lisum, 5srren urb
5amilieu, fstsn elegant einseri4tete unb
8erduruiss 3iunller
III eszjasnns.
pr Eiid Der saeliauratiOn Iiefert vi,
BE Saiion bietet,
znlle. 8ii4. suisrn uaD DeIilatehen Der
s<zi 4ieoenIlen art.
2notpis @abm6e.
Missions -Garten,
las San sntonio.
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Lucchese Bros,
= d u + NJ a d Z +.

StiefeI bon 81 bis $l1, Sdube bon 81 80
bic 81 80 Damenidube balb gu befoblen unb
Mbfate SO Gents, Serrenldube bon .75 gents
bic 81. Mnfertisuns bon Damenibuben cine
Spe;ialitat. Neue Moben. etbalten mir ieben
Wonat bon Yaris. -6,109sM
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c. B FRANKS
ALAMO

man te Oas Solsenoe uns tebaIte i'm @e0d&tniB. 0ab mir fit sas 1utasst4al
uhaten babm: MiS@s.
25 @tad 81 3ca brte gang woQeue aleMrfOhe far Damen u IS Sc. bic Nmb.
$50 Stad mdben 6laneu Is sc. sub oufn6aB.
$50 @tad Sdarla9 6lansu 3u..-.--.-. --.--.20 Sc. unb asfnaas.
100 Stad srauen Ilanea gu Is sc. lub oufudts.
$50 Stad ungeblehteu @cfon.Tlaneu ~ --..............5 Gents bic Duo.
500 etad aeblahkn unb unsebladen Cotton 6ianea au u gents ub oufndrts
500 @tad 9iounofe in ben neuehen Nloben -. ..... .nebf po1enbem Sefne
Infer Gage, bon @aaren fit ben 6ausbalt
1T sr5Br ale i 5upor. gBir. cfamen 10 Stad tarta-rDHen Damaf, bic Jarbe
ale Sdt sarautrt, su 40 Gents; 40 Stad 3u so Gents unb oufmirs; 100 Std
weBen nnc reuben Gaman isbr bi0is; 100 Ousenb aHcrhrte tarEf9 grn1b Das
mufaSanbader, iimmtt4 gu dusef btMsen prdfn. Infer Eager BON StapIe.
g a q en- fam nidt ibetrcfen mercen. Nir baden borritbs $50 9tad Snbian
Seab; $50 Stad Bennington, braun; $50 Stad Dmsbt Star, braun; $50 Gtl6
bette Sea Ssano; 800 Gad 6rnt Of the 2ocm, gebldht; 1876 Staf 0cnsbat, S.
ba&t; 275 stad eousOae uno Diamond 5a @amtrn; $50 etad 5arueu.
Oanet= uao &inberidube aus 4bilabelpbia
ub ancern 5abuten imbeu erbatea Sn TraIen. aecen unS Site Der gBsare
ruuiGhn mir iee @cneuuen3. uner Eager bon Nuruiltina @ccbe fr Gtsysu
III arSEer ub bic Yrele fno binieer ole lie 3urcr. $50 Dubenb unlounbrnb Sem,
ben iosteu erbouen, m 60 Gents bs Stid. On frtiaen Rleeern fur Gern.
0naten unb Sinoer tukn mir baa Bette unb bic neueHe uno mcbernne NusmoEt in
Der Stobt. Sc mirte bon ibr Dome ub ieeem 6rrn meHe qebanblt fem. Sc
sinem Eelude rr Smt in untum Store Scrsnfpreden.
Franks Alamo Store,
49, tuw4W 81 uno 80 alamo Yha.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
THE SEA OF GALILEE.

One of the first things for which I
looked here was the fishing industry
but found it not. There is evidently
only one sailing vessel on the lake, and
but very small handful of clumsy row.
boats. When one of these boats get
out of order there is general consterna-
ton, it is said, for the art of shipbuild-
ing is no longer known here. When
we sent our servant with instructions to
procure Galilee fish for dinner he was
unable to find single fish in the
market. This is especially strange, in
asmuch as 1 have had positive evidence
that the water swarm with piscatorial
life to-day, Just rs in the days when
Christ called Galilean fishermen to his
discipleship. Yet fishing is still carried
on here on u small scale. Even last
night I saw a boat push out to sea with
nets on board, just as Simon did, nc
doubt, when he was bound to "toil al
night at the same business. This leadi
me to guess, or, at least to hope, tina
the citizens were not quite so lazy ant
worthless in the days of the Son of Man
They could not have been any worse
The modern Galilean would ride two
thirds the way around the lake on til
ragged back of a donkey or came
rather than display the enterpris
required to effect crossing in one
sixth the time by boat Stupidity an
cupidity are everywhere linked in wa
that tries Occidental patience.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
THE EARTH's INTERIOR.

If we go down deep mine we find that
the rock at the bottom is hotter than al
the top; if we sink very deep well the
water comes up warm. By observations
of this kind it has been found that the
earth gets hotter the deeper down we
go into it the rate at which the tenn
perature increases is not everywhere
the same, but on the average it may be
put at 1e Fahrenheit for every 60
feet we go down. We have been able to
get only very little way down into the
earth, nowhere as much as mile, and
therefore we cannot say how far down the
temperature continues to rise, or whether
the rate at which it increases is the same
ut ali depths. But what little we do know
makes it all but certain that the earth
is very much hotter inside that at the sur
face. For, consider what would happen
if we were to put coating of clay some
inches thick round red hot cannon
ball The heat from the ball would
travel or be conducted through the clay
slowly, because clay does not allow
heat to pass rapidly through it. Still
there would be constant flow OF heat
from the ball through the clay, and
this heat when it reached the outside of
the clay covering would pass away or be
radiated into the air. In the end the
ball would grow cold. Now i'll the case
of the earth, we know that we have N
outside cold shell which corresponds tC
the clay coating Whether the earth Is
hot all through like the cannon ball We
are not certain, but we have found tha
portion of it, an interior shell, Is
hotter than the outside crust. The hea
from this hot part must be constant,
flowing away through the outside shel
and passing off into space, and unleS
there is something which constantl
supplies fresh heat the inside hot shel
would before this have grown cold a
outside crust. This has not happene,
so there must be something which keep
furnishing the shell with heat an
makes it cool much more slowly tina
it otherwise would Several possibl
> ways of keeping up this supply Of hei
have been suggested; the most hkel
explanation is that the inside OF IL
earth is very much hotter even tina
these warm depths we have been alb
to get down to.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
A BARK CANOE. CANADA.

bark canoe is only one mans load; /
he turns it upside down, and walks with
1t on his head A man toiling across a
portage in this attitude is somewhat
grotesque sight, suggesting monstrous
new kind of snail Then the canoe will
go over shadows where anything else
would stick, and as for hardness. an
expert canoeman will almost turn it
round with one twist of the paddle.
Repairs are frequent but simple, con-
slstlng mainly i'll the free application to
damaged places of n resinous gum kept
III store for that purpose. Speed is a
secondary consideration you cannot go
fast padding up, and you cannot help
going fast coming down. We came
down a reach in half an hour that we
had taken half a day to work up. Often
towing and polling have to be resorted
to to make way against a heavy current
Padding, though more wasteful
application of muscular work than
rowing is less fatiguing when the pace
Is not forced, and after u little practice
becomes a very delectable exercise The
traveller embarked on canoe voyage
has to carry most things with him.
Along the river there Nre only scattered
farm houses, and the only certain and
comfortable way of securing shelter for
the night is to camp out The tents
and other necessaries form the cargo of
the canoes. 1t is astonishing how much
stuff can be slowed away i'll canoe that
looks quite small another merit of the
savage birch-bark vessel as compared
with European boats. Every night We
choose our camping ground, pitch Oul
tents, and make our camp fire. this las
is of great Importance, not only fO
warmth and brightness, but for driving
away insects, the only drawback i'll ,
life otherwise perfect When people play
at camping out i'll England they make
fire n foot or two across over which the,
hang a kettle on three sticks. III Canad
you make fire of logs five or six fec
long, or maybe whole roots of pine Q
> cedar, which will burn all night Th
II trouble of choppng the wood up sma
J would be greater than that of burnin
. it as it is, and its cost is nothing.
/ many places, indeed, the best fuel
Il dift-wood which could in no way
.e made otherwise useful. Even in summt
Il nights the fire is ii welcome companiol
IL and after Il days work at padding Ii
tea is the best of drinks whatever Il
u temperature may be-not that 9th
4, drink would be easy to get if ol
"l wanted it, but no such want is felt.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
THE GOLD-BEATER'S ART.

If a sheet of gold leaf is held up
against the light it appears to be vivid
green color; this means that the light is
transmitted through the leaf. When it
is considered that this leaf is a piece of
solid metal, better idea of the extreme
tenuity of thickness of the leaf can be
comprehended than by any comparison
byfgures nothing made by the hand of
man equalsit in thinness. The extreme
thinnessis produced by patient hammer
ing, the hammers weighing from seven
to twenty pounds, the lighter hammers
being first used. When the true method
of this beatingis understood, the wonder
expressed sometimes that gOld-leai
beating should not be relegated tC
machinery, ceases; the art belongs tC
the highest department of human skill
and Judgment Apprentices have
served term, and have been compelled
to abandon the business, because the.
never could acquire the requisite skill
and Judgment combined necessary Il
! become successful workmen.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
--s - . o@--~-e---
THE USE OF THE LEECH.

The use of the leech is much more |
common abroad than with us, and more
especially in France and Spain, where
the climate lends itself more to the
application. The foreign apOthecary
keeps larger quantity IN stock, and
few of them are without their 400 or 500
where our cOuntrymen limit themselves
to %. Leeches were already going ont
of fashion when, i'll 1870, bloOd-letting
received a severe shock from the death
of Count Cavour whose end was
hastened by its injudicious use, but his
death threw additional discredit on
the practice in Europe, and since that
year the scale has declined more rapidly
than in the 20 previous POultices and
lamentations have taken their place,
because they are generally found
/ sufficient and are certainly in every
respect handler, but we imagine with
the result that nowadays the patient IS
longer under the doctors hands than
lie used to be. We have been told, not,
as may be guessed by member OF the
profession, that the greater popularity
of the lotion over the leech is to a certain
extent due to the fact that the smaller
practitioners have found they can make
more out of the former than the latter
but rs on inquiry it appears that those
against whom this charge Gf it be Il
charge) is brought as II rule dispense
ifthey please out of leechesas out OF thell
own medicines, and can make us mucl
lotions, this explanation scarcely holds
good. 1t is more likely that they fine
that the idea of bleeding and biting
frightens their patients. Still it is tru'
that in many cases, for instance thOs,
of accident, the relief given by the leecl
is speedier than that afforded by tin
lotion; and we have ourselves seen
black eye received in combat i'll til
neighborhood of Pentonville road
visibly lose its sutfused aspect unde
the leech's bite, and a knee swollen b
; n cricket ball subside like the Ocea
after storm With courageous patieI
who is not particular as to the means S
long he arrives at the result, tho'
instances are likely to be lively argumen
and more especially whose time Is en-
phatically money, or with those wi
desire to cure their lameness quick
- for a country match, mdtind themselv
tied to bed and the wet compress instea
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
THE AFRICAN Inland SEA.

A party of French engineers and .
photographers has left for Tunis,
charged with making the necessary
studies on the spot for the construction
of the harbor in the Bay of Nabes at
the mouth of the Oued Mallah, in
connection with the canal which is to
establish navigable communication
between the Mediterranean and the
Chotts. 1t will be remembered that, III
the early spring of 1888 NJ. de Lesseps
made II trip to those great marsh lakes
i'll Southern Tunis, which it is the IN
tention to convert into a vast inland
sea- with the view OF testing the results
of the late Col. Roudaires survey, and
that he has came back convinced that
the scheme was practicable. The eX-
pedition which has now started will
also make Investigations as to the
feasibility Of sinking artesian wells
along the route, and a survey for
railway which it might hereafter be
thought necessary to construct. The
head of the expedition is COmmandant
Landas, professor Of topography at the
school of Saint Cyr. He is accompanied
by NJ. Baronnet, who assisted Col.
Roudaire in making the preliminary
surveys, and several others engineers.
It may be advisable to recall to mind
the chief features of the report on the
undertaking which NJ. de Lesseps pub
lished after his return from Tunis IN
1888. 1t states that the estuary Of the
Oued Mellah, which is to be the begin
ming of the canal leading to the ChOtts
to be inundant, offers part, covered
at high water, of sufficient breadth
which might easily be excavated, and
would form port sheltered by nature
from all the winds from northwest t.
such passing by the west. The winds
from northeast to south passing by the
east would not be dangerous to the
breakwaters. The roads in front of th'
entrance are, moreover, in exactly til,
same situation as those of Gabes. Tn
navigation in the canal, according t.
the report, would offer no difficulty, IL
the canal would form almost a straigh
line. The calcareOus rocks found b
Col. Roudaire's soundings in 1879 at til
base of the Gabes bar, but of con
, paratively unimportant extent, are a
advantage rather than an Inconvenience
at the mouth of the canal. They WI
furnish the requisite material for IL
e construction of the pier and port buil'
e ings NJ. de Lesseps thinks that, COZ
e sidering the nature of the soil traverse'
e it will be sufficient to cut, III the alluvi
y part, canal. on the average 80 to Il
d feet wide, which will be further widen'
u by the action OF the current Th
IS cutting could be executed i'll the maN
1t mum period OF five years, at an estimate
g cost of e6,OO0OOO The proposed /
IL land sea would be fifteen times rs lnr
IS as the lake Of Geneva. 1t has
IS elevation much lower than the level
N the Mediterranean, the depressl
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