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EG YPTIAN AGRICULTURE. 



counterpoise to a rod and dipper hanging from the long 

 arm. The dipper is usually a skin bag with wooden rim 

 about 0'45 m. dia. x 0'25 in. deep, with a capacity of about 

 20 litres. A man seizes the vertical rod, taking a good 

 high catch, pulls it down and fills the dipper which, on 

 his releasing his hold, is carried up full by the counterpoise 



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and when it reaches the height of the man's breast he tips 

 the water out into the channel. 



From his high catch to the bottom of his stoop a man 

 has a range of 1*75 m. and on that lift he would not need 

 to change his hold on the rod, and would make 10 strokes 

 per minute. But the vertical rod is 3-4 metre long, and 



