82 NATURE | Mov. 18, 1869 
PART OF THE BAY OF PELUSIUM 
SHOWING THE PROBABLE FEATURES IN THE 
TIME OF STRABO AND THE ADVANCE 
OF THE DELTA SINCE THAT TIME 
The shaded portions indicate approximately 
the muddy plains and islands uncovered at 
low Nile 
eS . 
MANZALEH = 
FOUNEH= 
ERUINS)3 
fp 
(ANCr 7A nts) 
