. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 21 Jlilcs. arches, and of the three canals, the Sharkieh, Beharah, and Menufieh, that should have been excavated, the last-mentioned alone has been completed. Nevertheless even in its present unfinished state the barrage of the Nile is bj* no means an altogether useless work, the lamentable monument of an aimless prodi- gality, as it has been so often described. It serves at least every year to raise by 6 or 7 feet the water level of the main stream. According to the English engineer Fowler, a farther outlay of about one million sterling would be needed to
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 21 Jlilcs. arches, and of the three canals, the Sharkieh, Beharah, and Menufieh, that should have been excavated, the last-mentioned alone has been completed. Nevertheless even in its present unfinished state the barrage of the Nile is bj* no means an altogether useless work, the lamentable monument of an aimless prodi- gality, as it has been so often described. It serves at least every year to raise by 6 or 7 feet the water level of the main stream. According to the English engineer Fowler, a farther outlay of about one million sterling would be needed to raise the level by 16 feet, as originally intended, to strengthen the foundations, and complete the system of canalisation. But at the same time it would be also necessary to modify the original plan, in order to prevent the constant accumula- tions of sedimentary matter above the barrage, or else construct navigable canals along this section of the Nile.
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