ABSTRACT
THE NILE—SUNRISE AND SUNSET—SCENERY AND SILENCE—WHY THE EGYPTIANS WORSHIPPED IT—COURSE FROM CRADLE TO SEA—THE CATARACTS—NILE GAUGES AND THEIR USES—ANCIENT AND MODERN METHODS OF COMPUTATION—RODA ISLAND NILOMETER —RISE AND FALL OF RIVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR—CONTROL OF FLOOD IN OLDEN DAYS—THE CORVÉE—THE COST TO EGYPT OF ITS ABOLITION—MODERN METHODS.
