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much on the produce he had determined on rearing. 

 Those who solely cultivated corn, had little more 

 to do than to await the time of harvest ; but many 

 crops required constant attention, and some stood 

 in need of frequent artificial irrigation. 



In order to give a general notion of the quality 

 of the crops, and other peculiarities relating to 

 their agriculture, I shall introduce the principal 

 productions of Egypt in the two following tables ; 

 of which the first presents those raised after the 

 retirement of the inundation : — 



Remarks. 



Sown in November; reaped in beginning of April, a month later than 



barley; conf. Exod. ix. 32. 

 Sown at same time ; reajDed, some in 90 days, some in the 4th month.* 



Sown in October or November; cut in about 4 months. 



Sown in the middle of November; ripen in 90 or 100 days. 



Sown in the middle or end of November ; ripen in 100 or 110 days. 



Id. Called S^H^/xoc ill Coptic, which is still retained in the modern Arabic 



name Ternius. 

 Sown in beginning of October ; first crop after 60 days, second after 



50 more days, third left for seed ; if a fourth crop is raised by irriga- 

 tion, it produces no seed. 

 The Helbeli, or Trigonella focnum-grajcum, sown in November; cut in 



about 2 months. 

 Lathyrus sativus, a substitute for clover, gathered in GO days ; seed 



ripens in 110. 

 Sown at same time as wheat in November, ripens in 4 niontlis. A crop 



raised by the Shadoof in August, gathered in about 3 months ; its 



beans for cooking in GO days. 



* PHny says in the sixth, and wheat in the seventh, mouth after sowing, xviii. "; 



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