DELTA AND ALLrviAL PLAIN OF THE NILE. 33 



CHAPTER m. 



FOSSIL HUMAN REMAINS AND WORKS OF ART OF THE 

 RECENT PERIOD, 



Continued. 



DELTA AND ALLUVIAL PLAIN OF THE NILE BUIiNT BRICKS IN EGYPT 



BEFORE THE ROMAN ERA BORINGS IN 1851-54 ANCIENT MOUNDS 



OF THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO THEIR ANTIQUITY SEPULCHRAL 



MOUND AT SANTOS IN BRAZIL DELTA OF THE MISSISSIPPI ANCIENT 



HUMAN REMAINS IN CORAL REEFS OF FLORIDA CHANGES IN PHYSICAL 



GEOGRAPHY IN THE HUMAN PERIOD BURIED CANOES IN MARINE 



STRATA NEAR GLASGOW UPHEAVAL SINCE THE ROMAN* OCCUPATION 



OF THE SHORES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH FOSSIL WHALES NEAR 



STIRLING UPRAISED MARINE STRATA OF SWEDEN ON SHORES OF THE 



BALTIC AND THE OCEAN ATTEMPTS TO COMPUTE THEIR AGE. 



Delta and Alluvial Plain of the Nile. 



QIOME new facts of high interest illustrating the geology of 

 ^^ the alluvial land of Egypt were brought to light between 

 the years 1851 and 1854, in consequence of investigations 

 suggested to the Eoyal Society by Mr. Leonard Horner, and 

 which were partly carried out at the expense of the Society. 

 The practical part of the undertaking was intrusted by Mr. 

 Horner to an Armenian officer of engineers, Hekekyan Bey, 

 who had for many years pursued his scientific studies in Eng- 

 land, and was in every way highly qualified for the task. 



It was soon found that to obtain the required information 

 respecting the nature, dejith, and contents of the Nile mud 

 in various parts of the valley, a larger outlay was called for 

 than had been originally contemplated. This expense the 

 late viceroy. Abbas Pacha, munificently undertook to defray 



