. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . No. No. IV. ^ The size of boats on the Nile variesnow as of old ; and some used for carry-ing corn, which can only navigate theNile during the inundation, are ratedat from 2000 to 48o0 ardebs, or about10,000 to 24,000 bushels burthen. Theships of war of the
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . No. No. IV. ^ The size of boats on the Nile variesnow as of old ; and some used for carry-ing corn, which can only navigate theNile during the inundation, are ratedat from 2000 to 48o0 ardebs, or about10,000 to 24,000 bushels burthen. Theships of war of the ancient Egyptianswere not generally of great size, at leastin the early times of the 18th and 19thdynasties, when they had a single rowof from 20 to 44 or 50 oars, and weresimilar to the long ships and π€ντη-κόρτΐροι of the Greeks, and the galleysof the Mediterranean during the middleages. Some were of much larger dimen-sions. Diodorus mentions one of cedar,dedicated by Sesostris to the god ofThebes, measuring 280 cubits (from420 to 478 feet) in length ; and in later times they were remarkable both forlength and height ; one built by Pto-lemy Philopator having 40 banks ofoars, and measuring 280 cubits (about478 feet) in length, 38 in breadth, and48 cubits (about 83 feet) in height, or53 from the keel to the top of the poo
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