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PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



have caused any trifling accident, to lay the blame on their compan- 

 ions, though nothing can be more cowardly and ungenerous. Little 

 readers, did you never know any instances like these ? 



Banks of the River Nile. 



HERE you see men and camels, and trees and tents, an account 

 of which would be very interesting ; but it is my design to tell you 

 only of the river, which flows in their midst. At the time the Bible 

 account of the Egyptians was given, they had not traced the Nile to 

 its source ; and their ignorance of its source is thought to have been 

 one reason for their great veneration of the river. As but very lit- 

 tle rain fell in Egypt, and yet the river continued to flow and peri- 

 odically overflow, the people were held in mysterious wonder. 



The Nile is sometimes called the river of Egypt. Through the 

 dangerous and indefatigable labors of Mr. Bruce, an English gen- 

 tleman, it has been ascertained that the permanent fountains of the 



