Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 301
alled alake, it is, in truth, nothing but a shallow lagoon or swamp, in whichwater-fowl of all kinds are very abundant, the great flocks of white pelicansand pink flamingoes being especially striking. The waters of this SHIP CANALS. 259 lagoon cover lands that once were fertile, and the salt… … Fig. 129.—One of the Breakwaters at Port Said. attention. A trough had to be dredged out of the bed of the shallowlagoon, and on either side of this hollowed out space high sand-bankshad to be erected, and the difficulty of making a solid foundation forthese sand banks was found to be extreme. The…
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