What is formerly faid, it is hoped, may be 

 fiiiEcient to convince every farmer of the uti- 

 lity and advantages arifing from enriching 

 the grounds wherever fituated, by water-feed- 

 ing. 



. The great crops produced by the overflow- 

 ing cf the Nile, and the great expences laid 

 out by the Egyptians for the proper conduct- 

 ing of the water, is a convincing proof of 

 what is faid before, as appears from the fol- 

 lowing extracfl from Mr Savary's letters on 

 Egypt, vol. ii. p. 227. 



" Agriculture was in great efleem amongft 

 u the antient Egyptians. They had render- 

 " ed it very flourifhing in the whole extent 

 " of their empire. Witnefs the immenfe 

 " works they have made in the diflribution 

 " of the canals, and for watering the lands. 

 " At prefent we reckon eighty canals like ri- 

 " vers, all dug by the hand of men, feveral 

 " of which are twenty, thirty, and forty 

 6C leagues in length. They receive the inun- 

 " datipn, and circulate the waters through 

 u the country. Six only have water in them 

 " the whole year. The others, nearly choak- 

 " cd up, are dry upon the fall of the Nile. 

 c The great lakes of Moeris, of Behire, and 



" Mareotis 



