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CHAPTER V.
Localities on the Nile
"Epore we enter upon the direct work of a comparison of the
Bible with existing Egyptian remains, we beg leave to detain
ft"3 reader with such an account of a voyage on the Nile,
ar>d such a description of its most interesting sites and ruins,
8a.tb.ered from authentic sources, as may perhaps serve to re-
^eve the tedium of discussions which may seem dry; and,
a<- all events, aid in fixing in the mind important localities.
To the European or American visiting Egypt, the Nile
itself must he a wonder, inviting observation and study. Its
lrtltnense length, its mysterious commencement, its broad, deep
Cllrient, unfed by tributaries, bearing its mighty volume of
^aters to the ocean, its surface elevated above the adjacent
mtrjTj its sudden winds, its annual overflow, so indispensa-
. 6 to the comfort and even life of thousands of human beings ;
s geological
aspects; all these invest the river itself with
^ Usual interest, and suggest to the thoughtful mind subjects
Sq s Ucty; independent of the monuments on its shores, which
0 alluringly invite us to wander in the mists of their shadowy
quity. To one familiar with our own Mississippi, there
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Localities on the Nile
"Epore we enter upon the direct work of a comparison of the
Bible with existing Egyptian remains, we beg leave to detain
ft"3 reader with such an account of a voyage on the Nile,
ar>d such a description of its most interesting sites and ruins,
8a.tb.ered from authentic sources, as may perhaps serve to re-
^eve the tedium of discussions which may seem dry; and,
a<- all events, aid in fixing in the mind important localities.
To the European or American visiting Egypt, the Nile
itself must he a wonder, inviting observation and study. Its
lrtltnense length, its mysterious commencement, its broad, deep
Cllrient, unfed by tributaries, bearing its mighty volume of
^aters to the ocean, its surface elevated above the adjacent
mtrjTj its sudden winds, its annual overflow, so indispensa-
. 6 to the comfort and even life of thousands of human beings ;
s geological
aspects; all these invest the river itself with
^ Usual interest, and suggest to the thoughtful mind subjects
Sq s Ucty; independent of the monuments on its shores, which
0 alluringly invite us to wander in the mists of their shadowy
quity. To one familiar with our own Mississippi, there
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