 | Josiah Conder - 1827 - 384 pages
...early in July, from which the rise of the river may properly be dated, as it then begins to in. crease rapidly. By the middle of August, it reaches half...its maximum towards the end of September. From the 24th of that month, the waters are supposed to decline, but maintain nearly the same level till the... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Geography - 1834 - 740 pages
...time it begins to rise rapidly, and it attains its maximum about the end of September. They then begin to decline, but maintain nearly the same level till the middle of October. By the 10th of November, they have sunk about half; and from that period, they subside very slowly till they... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Gazetteers - 1834 - 748 pages
...time it begins to rise rapidly, and it attains its maximum about the end of September. They then begin to decline, but maintain nearly the same level till the middle of October. By the 10th of November, they have sunk about half; and from that period, they subside very slowly till they... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...of the Abyssinian waters, takes place early in July, from which the rise of the river may properly be dated, as it then begins to increase rapidly. By...the same level till the middle of October. By the 10th of November, they have sunk about half, and from that period, continue to subside very slowly... | |
 | George Paxton - Bible - 1842 - 586 pages
...arrival of the Abyssinian waters takes place early in July, from which the rise of the river may properly be dated, as it then begins to increase rapidly. By...of August it reaches half its greatest height, and is at its maximum towards the end of September. From the 24th of that month the waters are supposed... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...of the Abyssinian waters, takes place early in July, from which the rise of the river may properly be dated, as it then begins to increase rapidly. By...its maximum towards the end of September. From the 24th of that month, the waters are supposed to decline, but maintain nearly the same level till the... | |
 | George Fisk - Eretz Israel - 1845 - 562 pages
...Abyssinian waters, takes place early in July, from which the rise of the river may perfectly 80 THE NILE. be dated, as it then begins to increase rapidly. By...middle of October. By the tenth of November, they have sunk about half, and from that period continue to subside very slowly till they reach their minimum... | |
 | 1873 - 744 pages
...reaches half its greatest height, and is at its highest towards the end of September. Prom the 24th of that month -the waters are supposed to decline,...the same level till the middle of October. By the 10th of November they have sunk about half, and from that period subside very slowly, till they reach... | |
 | George Fisk - Egypt - 1850 - 482 pages
...the sluggish stream, appearing about the twelfth of that month. The red appearance, occasioned by the arrival of the Abyssinian waters, takes place early...middle of October. By the tenth of November, they have sunk about half, and from that period continue to subside very slowly till they reach their minimum... | |
 | John Olding Butler - Celestial globes - 1850 - 376 pages
...equinoctial line'. The rise, therefore, commences about the 17th of June, or near the summer solstice, by the middle of August it reaches half its greatest height, and attains its maximum towards the end of September, from which time the waters subside. The fields, on... | |
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July, from which the rise of the river may perfectly be dated, as it then begins to increase rapidly. By the middle of August it reaches half its greatest height, and it attains its maximum towards the end of September. From the... 
