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The Nor la is simply an European form of sakieh made 

 of iron, with zinc buckets. A noria for 3 to 4 metres 

 lift costs L.E. 20. If properly cared for and oiled it would 

 last well. A sudden blow given to a bullock makes it 

 jerk the machine, and might break a tooth from one of the 

 cogs. When one or two teeth go others are soon stripped, 

 and the whole apparatus rendered useless, and beyond the 

 repair of the village carpenter. 



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The Taboot Is a form of sakieh used in Lower Egypt 

 for lifts of from 1 to 3 metres. Instead of the rope and 

 buckets the wheel called "Tara" has a stiff hollow rim 

 divided into compartments. As these dip into the water 

 they fill, and when carried up to two-thirds of the diameter 

 of the wheel they discharge their water into a side trough. 

 Another form discharges its water at the centre of the 



