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ME.  HOENEE  ON  THE  ALLUVIAL  LAND  OE  EGYPT. 
PLATE  IV. 
Sections  of  a line  of  borings  between  the  Libyan  range  of  hills  and  the  left  bank 
of  the  Nile,  in  the  parallel  of  Hehopolis,  about  ten  miles  below  Caho,  described  in  p.  63  ; 
Nos.  24,  25  and  26  are  more  accurately  described  in  page  64.  The  length  of  the  line 
is  nearly  eight  miles. 
1.  In  each  instance  the  boring  terminated  when  the  filtration  water  was  reached, 
No.  1 to  23  in  July,  24,  25  and  26  from  September  to  November  1854. 
2.  The  figures  immediately  below  the  head  fine  indicate  in  feet  and  inches  the  depth 
of  the  mouth  of  each  boring  below  the  inundation  level. 
3.  The  figures  at  the  bottom  of  each  section  indicate  in  feet  and  inches  the  total 
depth  of  the  boring  from  the  surface  of  the  ground. 
4.  The  letters  within  the  sections  indicate  the  varieties  of  the  soils,  as  explained  in 
the  “Table  of  Soils”  annexed,  page  88. 
Section  No.  1 was  50  yards  distant  from  the  eastern  slope  of  the  Libyan  Hills. 
5.  The  figures  between  the  sections  indicate  in  yards  the  distances  between  the 
borings. 
PLATE  V. 
Sections  of  a line  of  borings  between  the  right  bank  of  the  Nile  at  Bessousse  and 
the  Arabian  range  of  hills  in  the  parallel  of  the  Heliopolis,  in  a distance  of  about 
eight  miles  from  west  to  east,  described  in  page  64,  except  No.  I,  more  particularly 
described,  page  65. 
The  above  explanations  of  Plate  IV.,  numbered  I,  2,  3,  4 and  5,  apply  equally  to 
Plate  V. 
The  section  No.  2 was  629  yards  from  the  right  bank  of  the  Nile. 
No.  9 was  in  the  summer  canal  of  Abou-Mounedgeh. 
No.  10  was  to  the  east  of  the  winter  canal  of  Sharkawiyeh. 
No.  II  was  in  a small  summer  canal. 
No.  17  was  to  the  east  of  the  Cairo  Canal. 
No.  18  was  87  yards  west  of  the  excavation  C in  the  Heliopolis  district.  (Memoir, 
Part  I.,  p.  124.) 
No.  20  was  166  yards  west  of  the  Obelisk  of  Heliopolis. 
