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12 5s., and a total of 98 for the 8 acres under crop, that is to say an appre- 

 ciable excess over the rent paid for the 20 acres of land. 



The 6 acres under wheat would yield 20bush. to the acre, which at 5s. 

 would return 30. 



From the 6 acres of rice might be expected three-quarters of a ton per acre 

 at 4 a ton, representing a total of 18. 



Thus the gross returns irom the 20 acres might be summarised as follows : 

 Cotton, 98 ; wheat, 30 ; rice, 18 : total, 146. 



The 66 in excess of the rent would represent the tenant's return for his 

 labor, in addition to what profit might be derived from the clover, which 

 would be much in excess of the requirements of his live stock ; together with 

 a crop of maize which might be taken after the wheat. 



Egyptian Agricultural Implements Plough, Scoop, and Leveller. 



It should be noted that in Egypt the fellah lives exceedingly cheaply, and 

 that field wages are correspondingly low ; men receive between lOd. and 12d. 

 per day, and women between 5d. and 8d. per day. From one point of view 

 their work is apt to be slow, and stands in need of much supervision ; thus one 

 pair of oxen does not plough here more than half of an acre a day. One cannot, 

 however, help admiring this sturdy race of country toilers, with their help- 

 mates as erect as young poplars ; indeed, there is many a piece of field work 

 that I have examined here that would have taxed the skill of the most expert 

 European farm-hand to equal. If the Egyptian farm laborer needs driving 

 when working for others, his toil and industry are unremitting when working 

 for himself. 



