View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 348 pages |
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... direction of the rocky barriers by which its limits are determined , -spread- ing , at some parts , into a spacious plain , while at others it contracts its dimensions to less than two leagues . The mean width has been estimated at ...
... direction of the rocky barriers by which its limits are determined , -spread- ing , at some parts , into a spacious plain , while at others it contracts its dimensions to less than two leagues . The mean width has been estimated at ...
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... direction now described ; for the winds , before they can be possessed of such qualities , must sweep over a great extent of sandy desert . The source of the Bahr - el - Abiad cannot , therefore , be sought in the meridian of Darfûr ...
... direction now described ; for the winds , before they can be possessed of such qualities , must sweep over a great extent of sandy desert . The source of the Bahr - el - Abiad cannot , therefore , be sought in the meridian of Darfûr ...
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... they veer round to the east , where they remain nearly six weeks , with only slight deviations . About the end of February the gale assumes a southerly direction , and fluctuates exceedingly till the GEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT . 43.
... they veer round to the east , where they remain nearly six weeks , with only slight deviations . About the end of February the gale assumes a southerly direction , and fluctuates exceedingly till the GEOGRAPHY OF EGYPT . 43.
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With an Outline of Its Natural History Michael Russell. assumes a southerly direction , and fluctuates exceedingly till the close of April , when it again yields for a time to a more powerful current from the eastward . The southerly ...
With an Outline of Its Natural History Michael Russell. assumes a southerly direction , and fluctuates exceedingly till the close of April , when it again yields for a time to a more powerful current from the eastward . The southerly ...
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... direction , and discharged itself into the sea at some distance to the westward of Alexandria . But this question , which belongs more properly to a subsequent part of our volume , will be discussed at some length in connexion with the ...
... direction , and discharged itself into the sea at some distance to the westward of Alexandria . But this question , which belongs more properly to a subsequent part of our volume , will be discussed at some length in connexion with the ...
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