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 Wysłany: Wto 1:20, 15 Mar 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Publishedaboeki |
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ains of Egypt
the range which lies above Memphis is the only one which has sand:
besides which I notice that Egypt resembles neither the land of Arabia
which borders upon itnor Libyanor yet Syria (for they are Syrians who
dwell in the parts of Arabia lying along the sea)but that it has soil which
is black and easily breaks upseeing that it is in truth mud and silt brought
down from Ethiopia by the river: but the soil of Libyawe knowis reddish
in colour and rather sandywhile that of Arabia and Syria is somewhat
clayey and rocky. The priests also gave me a strong proof concerning this
land as followsnamely that in the reign of king Moiriswhenever the
river reached a height of at least eight cubits it watered Egypt below
Memphis; and not yet nine hundred years had gone by since the death of
Moiriswhen I heard these things from the priests: now howeverunless
the river rises to sixteen cubitsor fifteen at the leastit does not go over
the land. I think too that those Egyptians who dwell below the lake of
Moiris and especially in that region which is called the Deltaif that land
continues to grow in height according to this proportion and to increase
similarly in extentwill suffer for all r yilai:
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