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The "Brabant" weighs from 300 to 400 rotls and costs 

 850 to 1050 P.T. By proper adjustment of the wheels 

 of the "Brabant" and "Nile" ploughs the depth ploughed 

 can be regulated. 



The "Koubbeh" plough is also a one-way plough but 

 differs from the "Nile" and "Brabant" ploughs in being 

 without wheels and in^having a draft pole similar to the 

 Egyptian or "Beladi" plough. It can be worked to a 



Fro. 12. " KorBP.Kii '' PLOUCU (WRIGHT'S VATKNT). 



depth of 25 centimetres or more with a pair of bullocks. 

 The arrangement for turning the mould-boards at the end 

 of the furrow is extremely simple. It weighs 160 rotls 

 and costs 600 P.T. An immense number of ploughs, 

 differing from each other but slightly, are found upon the 

 market, and the three just referred to may be taken as 

 types which have been found to work satisfactorily in 

 Egypt. 



