 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 478 pagina’s
...sluices by which it might be shut or opened, as there was occasion. Its breadth was one hundred cubits, its length fifty leagues, and its depth sufficient...Mediterranean, and contains not only the Delta, but also the cities of Mareotis and Alexandria. The last named of these was, formerly, reckoned next to Rome... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 476 pagina’s
...sluices by which it might be shut or opened, as there was occasion. Its breadth was one hundred cubits, its length fifty leagues, and its depth sufficient...almost filled up, and scarcely any remains of it are €o be seen. The lower Egypt extends from Heptanomis to the Mediterranean, and contains not only the... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1821 - 558 pagina’s
...the largest ships; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt. But it is now almost filled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. CHAP. III. LOWER EGYPT. I AM now to speak of Lower Egypt.... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - 1836 - 384 pagina’s
...larg est ships ; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt. But it is now almost filled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. . CHAPTER III. LOWER EGYPT. I AM now to speak of Lower... | |
 | Charles Rollin, James Bell - 1839 - 666 pagina’s
...largest ships ; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt But it is now almost rilled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. CHAPTER III. LOWER ECTPT. I AM now to... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 722 pagina’s
...the largest ships; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt. But it is now almost filled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. — Herod. I. ii. c. l58. Strab. l. xvii. Plin. l. vi.... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1850 - 544 pagina’s
...largest ships ; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt. But it is now almost filled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. CHAPTER III. LOWER EGYPT. I AM now to speak of Lower... | |
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... largest ships ; and was about a thousand stadia, that is, above fifty leagues long. This canal was of great service to the trade of Egypt. But it is now almost filled up, and there are scarce any remains of it to be seen. 