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Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT : WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE ;
THE . SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , ' At-fi ) FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
' FOR SEPTEMBER , . 1798
THE PROGRESS HE MADE AND THE OBSTACLES HE MET WITlL ACCO ' H-PAN ' I'ED BY A MAP OF H'lS COURSE .
THE following" brief account of Egypt , accompanying the irtap of Buonaparte ' s course , with some observations on the trade of that country , will , we flatter ourselves , prove acceptable at this time to our readers . Egypt has Barca on the West , the Isthmus of Suez and the Red-Sea on the East ,, the Mediterranean tin the North , and' Abyssinia on the South . Its lengthSouth and North , is" about 78 b mile ' s ; its
, breadth East and West 660 . The air is unhealthy , on account bf the great heats , and the slime left by the Nile , after it overflows the ceuntiy . The people , however , live long ; and the soil , though sandy , is made very fruitful by the inundation of that river : so that for the abundance of corn produced here , it was anciently reckoned the si anarv ofthe Roman , as it is now of the Turkish empire . It
likewise produces rice , dates , senna , cassia , balm , fine plants , and excellent simples . Their sheep usually bring forth twice in a year , and at each time three or four lambs ; About half a league from the Nile , and three leagues West of Cairo , are the famous Pyramids , formerly reckoned one of the wonders of the world . There are seventeen in all ; but three of them surpass the rest ; the first being 530 feet hihand 682 square ; tlie second is not so hihand but
g , g , 6 31 feet square ; the third is less , but the best workmanship . The Egyptians are reckoned a sagacious people , and the invention of arithmetic , geometry , and astronomy , is ascribed to them . What changes Egypt will undergo now it has fallen into the hands ofthe French , cannot as yet be ascertained ; but it has commonly been divided into UpperMiddleand Lower Egypt . The inhabitants
, , ofthe country area mixed race of people , consisting of Moors , Christians , Cophtis , Franks , Greeks , Turks , and Jews , hitherto subject to the dominion of the Grand Signior . VOL . xi . w
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Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT : WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE ;
THE . SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE , ' At-fi ) FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY ,
' FOR SEPTEMBER , . 1798
THE PROGRESS HE MADE AND THE OBSTACLES HE MET WITlL ACCO ' H-PAN ' I'ED BY A MAP OF H'lS COURSE .
THE following" brief account of Egypt , accompanying the irtap of Buonaparte ' s course , with some observations on the trade of that country , will , we flatter ourselves , prove acceptable at this time to our readers . Egypt has Barca on the West , the Isthmus of Suez and the Red-Sea on the East ,, the Mediterranean tin the North , and' Abyssinia on the South . Its lengthSouth and North , is" about 78 b mile ' s ; its
, breadth East and West 660 . The air is unhealthy , on account bf the great heats , and the slime left by the Nile , after it overflows the ceuntiy . The people , however , live long ; and the soil , though sandy , is made very fruitful by the inundation of that river : so that for the abundance of corn produced here , it was anciently reckoned the si anarv ofthe Roman , as it is now of the Turkish empire . It
likewise produces rice , dates , senna , cassia , balm , fine plants , and excellent simples . Their sheep usually bring forth twice in a year , and at each time three or four lambs ; About half a league from the Nile , and three leagues West of Cairo , are the famous Pyramids , formerly reckoned one of the wonders of the world . There are seventeen in all ; but three of them surpass the rest ; the first being 530 feet hihand 682 square ; tlie second is not so hihand but
g , g , 6 31 feet square ; the third is less , but the best workmanship . The Egyptians are reckoned a sagacious people , and the invention of arithmetic , geometry , and astronomy , is ascribed to them . What changes Egypt will undergo now it has fallen into the hands ofthe French , cannot as yet be ascertained ; but it has commonly been divided into UpperMiddleand Lower Egypt . The inhabitants
, , ofthe country area mixed race of people , consisting of Moors , Christians , Cophtis , Franks , Greeks , Turks , and Jews , hitherto subject to the dominion of the Grand Signior . VOL . xi . w