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king the fame fuppofitions, it is juft as much in favour of 

 one as of the other. 



His next argument is from * Herodotus, who fays, that 

 Memphis lay under the fandy mountain of Libya, and that 

 this mountain is a ftony mountain covered with fand, and 

 is oppoiite to the Arabian mountain. 



Now this furely cannot be called Geeza ; for Geeza is 

 under no mountain, and the Arabian mountain fpoken of 

 here is that which comes clofe to the more at Turra. 



Piodorus fays, it was placed in the ftraits or narrow- 

 ell part of Egypt ; and this Geeza cannot be fo placed, for, 

 by Dr Shaw's own confellion, it is at leaft twelve miles from 

 Geeza to the fandy mountain where the Pyramids Hand on 

 the Libyan fide ; and, on the Arabian fide, there is no moun- 

 tain but that on which the caftle of Cairo ftands, which 

 chain begins there, and runs a confiderable way into the 

 defert, afterwards pointing fouth-weft, till they come fo near 

 to the eaflern fhore as to leave no room but for the river at 

 Turra ; fo that, if the caufe is to be tried by this point only, 

 I am very confident that Dr Shaw's candour and love of 

 truth would have made him give up his opinion if he had 

 vifited Turra. 



The laft authority I mall examine as quoted by Dr Shaw, 

 is to me fo decilive of the point in queftion, that, were I wri- 

 ting to thofe only who are acquainted with Egypt, and the 

 navigation of the Nile, I would not rely upon another. 



Herodotus 



"Herod, lib. ii. p. 141. Ibid.jp. 16S. Ibid. p. 105. Ibid. p. 103. Edit. Steph. 



