. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . which it as-sumes lower down, betweenAswan and Philae. It is THE SECOND CATARACT BETWEEN IIABIKEH AND WADY HALPA. bordered by low and recedinghills, devoid of any definite outline. Masses of bare black rock, here andthere covered by scanty herbage, block the course of the river in some places insuch profusion, that its entire bed seems to be taken up by them. For a distanceof seventeen miles the main body of water is broken up into an infinitude of smallchannels in its width of two miles ; several of the streams thus formed present,apparently, a
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . which it as-sumes lower down, betweenAswan and Philae. It is THE SECOND CATARACT BETWEEN IIABIKEH AND WADY HALPA. bordered by low and recedinghills, devoid of any definite outline. Masses of bare black rock, here andthere covered by scanty herbage, block the course of the river in some places insuch profusion, that its entire bed seems to be taken up by them. For a distanceof seventeen miles the main body of water is broken up into an infinitude of smallchannels in its width of two miles ; several of the streams thus formed present,apparently, a tempting course to the navigator, so calm and safe do they appear,but they conceal ledges of hidden reefs, and are unexpectedly forced into narrowpassages obstructed by granite boulders. The strongest built and best pilotedboat must be dashed to pieces in such circumstances, and no effort or skilfulnesson the part of the crew would save the vessel should the owner venture to 1 Prisse dAvennes, in Chabas, Les Inscriptions des Mines dor, p.
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