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Identifier: dawnofcivilizati01masp (find matches)
Title: The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: Civilization
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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of the nilometers advance from age to age. A table ofmost of the known rises, both ancient and modern, is to be found in the recent work of Chélu, I.eNil, le Soudan, VEgypte, pp. 81-93. 1 In his Manners and Customs, 4th edit., vol. ii. pp. 225-236, Lane described the criers of theNile. Their proclamations have scarcely changed since his time, excepting that the introduction ofsteam-power has supplied them with new images for indicating the rapidity of the rise. 2 G. Lumbroso has collected the principal passages in ancient and modern writers relating toTlie Bride of the Nile, in LEgitto al tempo dei Greci e dei Romani, pp. 6-10. This tradition furnishedG. Ebeks with material for a romance called Die Nilbraut, wherein he depicts Coptic life during thefirst years of Arab rule with much truth and vivacity. 3 Sylvestre de Sacy, Le Livre des Étoiles errantes, par le Scheilch Schemseddin Mohammed UnAbilsorûr al-Balceri al-Sadihi, in the Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits, vol. i. p. 275.
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26 TEE NILE AND EGYPT. tributaries, is but scantily maintained by Abyssinian snows. The White Nile isindebted to the Great Lakes for the greater persistence of its waters, whichfeed the river as far as the Mediterranean, and save the valley from utterdrought in winter. But, even with this resource, the level of the water fallsdaily, and its volume is diminished. Long-hidden sandbanks reappear, andare again linked into continuous line. Islands expand by the rise of shinglybeaches, which gradually reconnect them with each other and with the shore.Smaller branches of the river cease to flow, and form a mere network of stag-nant pools and muddy ponds, which fast dry up. The main channel itself isonly intermittently navigable ; after March boats run aground in it, and areforced to await the return of the inundation for their release. From themiddle of April to the middle of June, Egypt is only half alive, awaitingthe new Nile.1 Those ruddy and heavily charged waters, rising and retiring wi

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