CONTENTS. XI 



Pliny's Statement of its Rise. The Nile rises still in the 

 same Proportion.* Elevation of the Bed and Banks - 104' 



Land about Elephantine and Thebes. Extracts from a 

 Memoir presented to the Geographical Society - 106 



Difference in the Height of the immediate Bank and the 

 Interior. Section of the Land - - - 107 



The Dykes : perpendicular Elevation of the Land, in con- 

 sequence of which the Inundation extends farther E. 

 and W. now than formerly ; proved by Examination of 

 the Colossi at Thebes, and other Monuments - - 108 



Encroachments of the Sand partial, and much exagge- 

 rated - - - - - - - 113 



Sand Drifts in some Places, as in other Countries. The Ba- 

 lance in favour of the Advance of Alluvial Deposit. The 

 Nature of the Desert. Its Mountains - - 115 



Sections of the Desert between the Nile and Red Sea - 116 



Other Sections. Sandstones and Granites cross the Nile. 

 Quarries of Silsilis. Valley of Nubia very narrow - 117 



Libyan Desert. Lake Mceris. Fyoom. High Table Land of 

 Africa. The Oases Depressions in this Mountain Plain. 

 Character of the Oases - - - - 118 



Fancied Dangers from the Sand. The Simoom. Abrupt 

 Separation of the most fertile and most barren Land - 120 



The Udger cultivated. Good Soil for some Productions. 

 The Vine. Remains of Canals there - - - 121 



Roots of Vines, and Vestiges of once cultivated Fields. 

 Festivals of the Peasants during the Inundation, and 

 other Seasons - - - - - -122 



Feast of First Fruits of Lentils, when instituted. Festival 

 of Hermes. Rearing of Animals - - _ i25 



Pastors, represented deformed - - - - 126 



The Peasant who tilled the Land responsible for the Cattle 

 feeding there. Stall-fed Oxen - - - 127 



The Head Shepherd gave an Account of the Stock of Cattle 

 and the Flocks on the Estate. Shepherds chosen by 

 the Steward. Jews set over the Herds of Pharaoh - 128 



Cattle brought into a Court to be counted - - 129 



* The last inundation carried away several villages from the plain. 



