. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. TUANSACTIONS OK SKCTION K. 8o:i III ]M!*i nml 1S8.'] xiii'voyH were nmdc wliich fully jiMtltit'il tliis opinidn. Tin* Wadi Uoiiin, wliicli niiiH '], fnun (j>:is,' (^eniii, in a valltsy cnrrcspoiiilinj,' in ^Imji''to tlit^ Moridis liiicii'* nl'tlu' I'tolciiiMic iiiiips. It sci'iiis, tlieroton*, t'stiil)!i<ilit'tl ihai till'niicii'iit liiHtniiiins corri'dly nI
. Report of the fifty-fourth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science [microform] : held at Montreal in August and September 1884. Congresses and conventions; Science; Congrès et conférences; Sciences. TUANSACTIONS OK SKCTION K. 8o:i III ]M!*i nml 1S8.'] xiii'voyH were nmdc wliich fully jiMtltit'il tliis opinidn. Tin* Wadi Uoiiin, wliicli niiiH '], fnun (j>:is,' (^eniii, in a valltsy cnrrcspoiiilinj,' in ^Imji''to tlit^ Moridis liiicii'* nl'tlu' I'tolciiiMic iiiiips. It sci'iiis, tlieroton*, t'stiil)!i<ilit'tl ihai till'niicii'iit liiHtniiiins corri'dly nIhIciI tlmt tliero was ii vast rc-nTvoir nl" Nilo wati'i- t'l till' west (if I lie Nile viillcv. 'I'll" Aniliic tradition states, with grout rjcui- i;i"'S ami ]iioltiil)ility, that in tin- early |ii'riod of I'l^ryp^ian lijstory thi' watiT tillrd ilii'iiDi'thiTn hasins now Known as the Fayonin, Imt that tliis liil<i' rcct ivi'd tii« wiitiTs of the inundation liiii* Albert Xyanza, without any artilicial rcijulalion of i!ie tli)\v. Till' ^H'cat lahouv oxpenilfd upon this lako coiisisti'd in tlii' formation of ihi'^tvond, or Iti'ian, canal from H^'hncsa to tin- Sonthcrn ba'in,fht' canal still liiMWU as the Balir .lusuf, and tlu- ^ri'at wall of the Fayoum which cxcluihil the water from the U))|)er jilateau. This re^rion was called l)y tlin Jews, I'lthom, [t was i'i-Tum, or the West. Kecent i'e--ean' by Dr. Schweinfurth fully snp- prtit the assertions ])ut forth from time to time as tho resultii of repeated (seven) vi"its to this part of tho Libyan Desert, especially the jiresence of fresh-water shells a! tho Nil" levtd, and the remains of a town north of Dimeb. Althoiifjli these Liindiisions wert; opjiosed to tho opinion of tho entire scieutitic worldâFrench, , and Uermanâtlioy liavo been accepted. Thoyare of pecidiiir importance. Ix'fuuseâ (I.) The intiyrity and trustworthiness of the ancient historians liavo boen re- hal
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