Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773, Volym 2James Ballantyne, 1804 - 436 sidor |
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... * The latitudes of places in the Thebaid , as laid down by Ptol- emy , and the modern geographers , differ in many instances consi- derably . E .. being thrown upon the mud as soon as ever the THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 7.
... * The latitudes of places in the Thebaid , as laid down by Ptol- emy , and the modern geographers , differ in many instances consi- derably . E .. being thrown upon the mud as soon as ever the THE SOURCE OF THE NILE . 7.
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... soon as ever the wa- ter has left it . The wheat was , at this time , about four inches in length . We passed three villages , Shaftour , Commawhaia , and Zinedi ; we anchored off Shaftour , and within sight of Taahta . Taahta is a ...
... soon as ever the wa- ter has left it . The wheat was , at this time , about four inches in length . We passed three villages , Shaftour , Commawhaia , and Zinedi ; we anchored off Shaftour , and within sight of Taahta . Taahta is a ...
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... soon as they have reap- ed their wheat , they sow for another crop , before the sun has drained the moisture from the ground . Great plenty of excellent fish is caught here at Achmim , particularly a large one called the Binny , a ...
... soon as they have reap- ed their wheat , they sow for another crop , before the sun has drained the moisture from the ground . Great plenty of excellent fish is caught here at Achmim , particularly a large one called the Binny , a ...
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... soon , the greatest part of Egypt on the east side of the Nile , between Achmim and Cairo , will be desert ; not from the rising of the ground by the mud , as is supposed , but from the quantity of sand from the mountains , which covers ...
... soon , the greatest part of Egypt on the east side of the Nile , between Achmim and Cairo , will be desert ; not from the rising of the ground by the mud , as is supposed , but from the quantity of sand from the mountains , which covers ...
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... soon after , returned with a horse , and three asses , to carry me to the ruins . Dendera is a considerable town at this day , all covered with thick groves of palm - trees , the same . that Juvenal describes it to have been in his time ...
... soon after , returned with a horse , and three asses , to carry me to the ruins . Dendera is a considerable town at this day , all covered with thick groves of palm - trees , the same . that Juvenal describes it to have been in his time ...
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