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stored up waters through a system of canals and aqueducts. 

 Let us hope that the commencement of the greatest of these 

 works will be one of the events which will add lustre to the 

 Victorian era, and render memorable the progress in arts and 

 works of civilization of the nineteenth century. The victory 

 of progress as against savagery, which Ave have witnessed 

 with admiration in the Soudan, may have imposed a check 

 upon this great work in the Nile valley; but it ought to be 

 only a temporary check, and the early years of the twentieth 

 century ought to witness its completion. 



The Chairman (Mr. T. G. Pinches, M.R.A.S.). — We are much 

 indebted to Professor Hull for his very interesting paper, and 

 shall all be glad to hear any remarks thereon. 



A Member. — Would the scheme described by Dr. Hull tend to 

 interfere with the dwellings and possessions of the inhabitants of 

 that part of the countiy or the preservation of any ancient monu- 

 ments there ? 



The Author. — No, that is a question which has been carefully 

 considered by the engineers, both as regards the ruins of Philse 

 and the possessions of the inhabitants. 



[A discussion of a conversational chai'acter here followed upon 

 this point.] 



Mr. Baldwin Latham, M.I.C.E., F.G.S. — Allow me to say I am 

 much indebted to Professor Hull for having brought this paper to 

 the attention of this Institute. I know the Nile very well and 

 have seen it at flood and at low water. There can be no 

 possible difficulty in getting rid of the question of flood, ir 

 the sluices are kept open, as they would have to be open 

 during the whole of the year. It is only a question of regulating 

 the sluices. When there is a superabundance of water coming 

 down, you let out a sufiBcient amount of water for the practical 

 purpose of continuing irrigation, and as the year goes on these 



