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40 TOPOGRAPHY OF THEBES. [Chap. I.
inches in thirty-three feet, following the precise
slope the land then took from the present edge of
the hager* to these colossi; Secondly, that their
pedestals stand upon built substructions of sand-
stone, lying three feet ten- below the then surface
of the soil, or, which was the same, the level of the
paved dromos; Thirdly, that the pedestal was buried
three feet ten belowthe dromos, owing to the irregular
form of its lower side ; Fourthly, that the pavement
and the bases of the colossi rested not on alluvial
but on a sandy soil, over which the mud of the in-
undation has since been deposited; and that, con-
sequently, the Nile, during its rise, did not, at that
epoch, even reach the level of the dromos; Fifthly,
that the alluvial deposit has since risen to the
height of six feet ten above f the surface of the
dromos' pavement; that the highest water-mark is
now seven feet eight above the same pavement; and
that, consequently, the Nile J must overflow a very
great portion of land throughout Egypt which was
* El Hdger is that rocky or sandy plain which is terminated
on one side hy the mountains, and on the other by the alluvial soil
the Nile irrigates.
t This is taking the level of the surrounding plain; for at the
statues themselves, a shallow water-course makes a slight differ-
ence, which, however, is not to be estimated in order to obtain
the actual surface of the alluvial deposit.
I El Bahr, " the ocean," is the word in use to signify the
Nile; though Wadee e' Neel is the name of the valley of that
river. E' Neel more particularly refers to the inundation, as
Jyam e' Neel, " the time of the Nile." Neel signifies any large
river, and is often used for this word, as Neel abawee, &c.; it
inches in thirty-three feet, following the precise
slope the land then took from the present edge of
the hager* to these colossi; Secondly, that their
pedestals stand upon built substructions of sand-
stone, lying three feet ten- below the then surface
of the soil, or, which was the same, the level of the
paved dromos; Thirdly, that the pedestal was buried
three feet ten belowthe dromos, owing to the irregular
form of its lower side ; Fourthly, that the pavement
and the bases of the colossi rested not on alluvial
but on a sandy soil, over which the mud of the in-
undation has since been deposited; and that, con-
sequently, the Nile, during its rise, did not, at that
epoch, even reach the level of the dromos; Fifthly,
that the alluvial deposit has since risen to the
height of six feet ten above f the surface of the
dromos' pavement; that the highest water-mark is
now seven feet eight above the same pavement; and
that, consequently, the Nile J must overflow a very
great portion of land throughout Egypt which was
* El Hdger is that rocky or sandy plain which is terminated
on one side hy the mountains, and on the other by the alluvial soil
the Nile irrigates.
t This is taking the level of the surrounding plain; for at the
statues themselves, a shallow water-course makes a slight differ-
ence, which, however, is not to be estimated in order to obtain
the actual surface of the alluvial deposit.
I El Bahr, " the ocean," is the word in use to signify the
Nile; though Wadee e' Neel is the name of the valley of that
river. E' Neel more particularly refers to the inundation, as
Jyam e' Neel, " the time of the Nile." Neel signifies any large
river, and is often used for this word, as Neel abawee, &c.; it