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(3) Owing to the permeability of the surface soil the salt should 

 be easily washed out if suitable drainage is provided. The almost 

 entire absence of carbonate is favourable to this. 



(4) The subsoil being of an impermeable nature there appears 

 to be no reason why a rise of salts should be feared. 



(5) Reclamation work on similar land at Kafr el Wekala has 

 proved most successful. 



((5) The chemical composition of the soil does not differ from 

 the average of Nile soils except that the amount of lime present is 

 generally low. Potash and phosphoric acid arc present in average 

 quantity. 



(7) A suggestion as to how the soil of this area has been deposited 

 is put I'M- ward. This suggestion is based on the samples examined 

 and takes no account of changes of level which may have taken place 

 during and subsequent to the formation of the Nile Delta. 



