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232 EGYPT AND ITS MONUMENTS.
to load the vessel until the water rises above the wood-work
of the boat. The slime will bear the washing of the stream,
when the boat is floating in mid-channel down the river. If,
however, contrary winds cause rough water, accidents some-
times happen from the washing away of the slime, and the
boat founders. This slime, mixed with pitch and suffered to
become hard, would therefore have made a perfectly water-
tight lining for the bulrush-boat of Moses.
to load the vessel until the water rises above the wood-work
of the boat. The slime will bear the washing of the stream,
when the boat is floating in mid-channel down the river. If,
however, contrary winds cause rough water, accidents some-
times happen from the washing away of the slime, and the
boat founders. This slime, mixed with pitch and suffered to
become hard, would therefore have made a perfectly water-
tight lining for the bulrush-boat of Moses.