Text printed in italics has been transcribed _between underscores_, bold face text =between equal signs=, and underlined text ~between tildes~. Small capitals have been replaced with ALL CAPITALS. NOTE: From its Atlantic end at Colon, the Canal runs for 10 miles _due south_; then its general course is to the eastward into the Pacific. This is quite contrary to the popular conception of its general direction and is due to the fact that the Isthmus, at the Canal, bends to the eastward, so that the Pacific Ocean at this point is south and east of the Atlantic, as shown by the small insert map at lower left hand corner of the main map above.]…
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