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Pagina 12
... sand two hundred to three hundred yards wide , between Lake Meuzaleh and the sea , its site having been formed by dredgings from the harbour thrown into the shallow lake . The surface of the town is perfectly flat , and only about four ...
... sand two hundred to three hundred yards wide , between Lake Meuzaleh and the sea , its site having been formed by dredgings from the harbour thrown into the shallow lake . The surface of the town is perfectly flat , and only about four ...
Pagina 15
... sand from the new canals . The water - tanks in the gardens which used to supply the houses , and occasionally overflow , have been exchanged for a system of pipes and taps . Eucalyptus trees also have been planted , with a decided ...
... sand from the new canals . The water - tanks in the gardens which used to supply the houses , and occasionally overflow , have been exchanged for a system of pipes and taps . Eucalyptus trees also have been planted , with a decided ...
Pagina 17
... silicified trees , probably deposited within the area of an inland lake . At Mokattam , towards the Red Hill , are purple and yellow sand and fine gravel , with a C little marl and clay and fragments of Terebratula , Ostrea ( 17 ) . CAIRO.
... silicified trees , probably deposited within the area of an inland lake . At Mokattam , towards the Red Hill , are purple and yellow sand and fine gravel , with a C little marl and clay and fragments of Terebratula , Ostrea ( 17 ) . CAIRO.
Pagina 19
... sand , and seashells , near Cairo and Suez ; ( 4 ) alluvial deposits forming the Nile valley and Delta ; and ( 5 ) recent sandhills marking the old centre of the bay of Lower Egypt , in the days when the Mediterranean washed the ...
... sand , and seashells , near Cairo and Suez ; ( 4 ) alluvial deposits forming the Nile valley and Delta ; and ( 5 ) recent sandhills marking the old centre of the bay of Lower Egypt , in the days when the Mediterranean washed the ...
Pagina 20
... sand intervening . Wherever there is no alluvium , which is of course the only soil in Egypt , there is sterile desert , and this is the charm of Luxor , and of the suburbs of Cairo . The Nile soil is stated to be unlike any other in ...
... sand intervening . Wherever there is no alluvium , which is of course the only soil in Egypt , there is sterile desert , and this is the charm of Luxor , and of the suburbs of Cairo . The Nile soil is stated to be unlike any other in ...
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