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SINCE I last addressed you I have had an opportunity of inspecting the Suez Canal under the most favourable circumstances. After a careful personal examination, and having heard the various opinions of others differing in every conceivable respect, I think that, considering all things, M. de Lesseps and his staff have much cause to feel proud of the success they have attained. To return to my previous letter, I may say, without fear of any objections which may hereafter be raised, that not only do I think the suggestions I then made are sound and practical, but that to carry them out would be most economical to the shareholders of the Canal, while to the Egyptian Government it would add probably 25 per cent, to the land revenue, by reclaiming a vast extent of desert that only requires water to make it most productive.
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LOGIN, T. The Suez Canal. Nature 1, 290 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001290a0
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