. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. would extend to the desert,and under bad management the desertwould extend to the Nile, has been veri-fied ; and the traveller visiting Daman-lioor in the month of October, where the French troops proclaimed loudly thatthey were starving, will see with doublesurprise the endless spread of fields ofmaize as tall as a man, when the goldensi^athes, swelled with grain, await thereaper, though some are only a fewweeks risen. The water of the Nile, when puri-fied, is said to be among waters whatchampagne is among wines, though oursoldiers in recent campa
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. would extend to the desert,and under bad management the desertwould extend to the Nile, has been veri-fied ; and the traveller visiting Daman-lioor in the month of October, where the French troops proclaimed loudly thatthey were starving, will see with doublesurprise the endless spread of fields ofmaize as tall as a man, when the goldensi^athes, swelled with grain, await thereaper, though some are only a fewweeks risen. The water of the Nile, when puri-fied, is said to be among waters whatchampagne is among wines, though oursoldiers in recent campaigns failed tofind it so; and the priests of Apis wouldnot give it to the sacred bull lest heshould become too fat. Benjamin of Tudela describes it asboth drink and medicine ; and Purchasgoes further: Nilus water I thiuketo be the profitablest and wholesomestin the world by being both bread anddrink. Durino: the visit of the Pasha ofEgypt to this country, he brought fromCairo many great jars of Nile water, touse during his absence from «WDING SECT. JUL 1 sm PLEASE DO NOT REMOVECARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY DT Grant, James 108 Cassells history .3 of the war in the Soudan
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