ALEXANDRIA. 



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footpaths and the paving- stones used in the streets of the better-built quarters are 

 imported from Europe. 



The Egyptian Institute, the principal scientific establishment in the Nile Valley, 

 has been founded, not in Cairo, but in Alexandria, as if the intention has been to 



Fii,'. 135. — Alexandria and Lake Makiut. 

 Scale 1 : aSO.uOO. 







'sK.v,."'ii"iUi,i, 



29°40' 



L V or breenwich 



29°50' 



0to32 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



32 to 80 

 Feet. 



80 to 160 

 Feet. 



6 Miles. 



160 Feet 

 and upwards. 



revive the old traditions of the place as a famous seat of learning. It could never 

 be forgotten that this city was formerly the "brain of mankind," and that here the 

 great school of Alexandria has been established and conducted by such men as 

 Plotinus, Proclus, Porphyrius, and Jamblichus. Thanks to the influence of this 

 university, there was brought about that blending of national myths and that inter- 



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