ABSTRACT
ELEPHANTINE ISLAND—IMPORTANCE TO EGYPTIANS AND ROMANS—THE NILOMETER—HOW IT FORETOLD PROSPERITY OR FAMINE- READING OF THE GAUGE—SCENIC ATTRACTIVENESS—NOTABLE TEMPLES AND GODS—WASTE OF HUMAN LIFE—HOW THE ISLAND DERIVED ITS NAME—ASSUAN AND ITS GRANITE QUARRIES—RUINS OF SWENET—JUVENAL'S PUNISHMENT—THE SOLAR WONDER OF SIENE—FATE OF ERATOSTHENES.
