 | Charles Thompson (fict. name.) - 1744 - 470 דפים
...commonly from the main Body of the Nile, where the Banks are high ; but it is otherwife where they are low, particularly in the Delta. Canals are carried...great Canals it is drawn out into fmall Channels, and convey'd all over the Country. As they have Dikes to keep the Water out of the Canals till the proper... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 330 דפים
...the two mouths of the river *. Canals are carried along the higher grounds, that the water may hiive a fall from them to the lower parts ; and from the great canals it is drawn out into small channels, and conveyed all over the country. It is likewise observable, that, as they have dikes... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 298 דפים
...Delta, which is that part of Egypt that lies between the two mouths of the river*. Canals are canied along the higher grounds, that the water may have...parts ; and from the great canals it is drawn out into srnall channels, and conveyed all over the country. It is likewise observable, that, as they have dike';... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 דפים
...latter in the higher: for, as we advance up the river, the difficulty of raising the water increases. grounds, that the water may have a fall from them...parts; and from the great canals it is drawn out into small channels, and conveyed all over the country It is likewise observable, that, as they have dikes... | |
 | Young people - 654 דפים
...where the banks of the Kile are high, that the lands are overflowed; but it is otherwise where they are low, particularly in the Delta. Canals are carried...parts; and from the great canals it is drawn out into small channels, and conveyed all over the country. The Egyptians have contrivances to keep the water... | |
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I before observed, by cutting a vast number of canals and trenches, from which the lands are overflowed, and not commonly from the main body of the Nile, where the banks are high : but it is otherwise where they are low, particularly in the Delta. Canals... 