Letters on Egypt: Containing, a Parallel Between the Manners of Its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, Its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion; with the Descent of Louis IX at Damietta. Extracted from Joinville, and Arabian Authors, Volume 1G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1787 |
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Pagina 14
... towns , built on ar tificial mounts , refembled the islands of the Egean fea . ( q ) In the age of Herodotus , fifteen cubits were neceffary to overflow the Lower Egypt ; but the Nile , at that time , inundated the country for the space ...
... towns , built on ar tificial mounts , refembled the islands of the Egean fea . ( q ) In the age of Herodotus , fifteen cubits were neceffary to overflow the Lower Egypt ; but the Nile , at that time , inundated the country for the space ...
Pagina 33
... town ; it is known by an eminence , covered with ruins . The harbour of Kibotos is dry , and ( * ) Ancient Alexandria contained 300,000 free in- habitants , in the time of Auguftus ; a double number of flaves may at leaft be added , and ...
... town ; it is known by an eminence , covered with ruins . The harbour of Kibotos is dry , and ( * ) Ancient Alexandria contained 300,000 free in- habitants , in the time of Auguftus ; a double number of flaves may at leaft be added , and ...
Pagina 34
... town , fince it has not a drop of foft water , is half filled up with mud , and fand . Under the government of the Romans , and even of the Arabs , it was navigable all the year , and fertilized the plains it traversed ; its banks were ...
... town , fince it has not a drop of foft water , is half filled up with mud , and fand . Under the government of the Romans , and even of the Arabs , it was navigable all the year , and fertilized the plains it traversed ; its banks were ...
Pagina 35
... town ; the lands , it once made fruitful , are now become de- ( z ) The following paffage of Abulfeda will confirm what I have said . " No prospect can be more agreeable " than that of the canal of Alexandria : gardens , groves , " and ...
... town ; the lands , it once made fruitful , are now become de- ( z ) The following paffage of Abulfeda will confirm what I have said . " No prospect can be more agreeable " than that of the canal of Alexandria : gardens , groves , " and ...
Pagina 44
... town is the ancient Canopus . Its diftance , fix leagues from Pharos , and its fituation , on the fea fhore , perfectly agree with the description the ancients have given us of Canopus . Pliny , who had collected the authorities of ( f ) ...
... town is the ancient Canopus . Its diftance , fix leagues from Pharos , and its fituation , on the fea fhore , perfectly agree with the description the ancients have given us of Canopus . Pliny , who had collected the authorities of ( f ) ...
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Abulfeda againſt Alexandria Almai almoſt ancient Arabs banks becauſe befide boats built Caliph canal Canopus Copts Damietta defcend defcribed defcription defert Delta deſtroyed Diodorus Diodorus Siculus diſtance Eaft eaſtern Eddin Egypt Egyptians facred faid fame fands fecond feem feen feet fent feven fhades fhall fhore fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall Foftat fome fquare French ftands ftill ftones fuch fuppofe furrounded Giza Heliopolis Herodotus himſelf hiſtory honour houſes hundred increaſe inhabitants interfected iſland itſelf Joinville king lake lake Mareotis lake Maris leagues lefs M. L. M. Grand Cairo Mafr Manfoura marble Memphis Menouf mofque moft moſt muſt neceffary Nile obferved oppofite paffage paffed Pelufium pleaſure prefent preferved Ptolemy pyramid raiſed rife river Rofetta ruins ſeen ſmall ſpace ſpeak ſtill ſtones Strabo thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Turks uſe vaft veffels vifit village weft whofe whoſe
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