 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 pages
...lands near the river are watered by machines ; and if they extend to any width, canals -fcuve been cut. The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure....unctuous nature. When left uncultivated, I .have observed li.-n.ures, arising from the extreme heat, of which a spear of six feet could not reach, the bottom.'... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 864 pages
...watered by machines; and if they extend to any width, canals havo been cut. The foil in general is fo rich as to require no manure. It is a pure black mould, free from Hones, and of a very tenacious and uncîuoiis nature. When left uncultivated, I have obfervfd filfnies,... | |
 | History - 1801 - 858 pages
...arewatered by machines ; and if they extend .to any width, canals have been cut. The foil in general is fo rich as to require no manure. It is a pure black mould, free from ftcnes, and of a very tenacious and unóluous nature. When left uncultivated, I have obferved fiflures,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 940 pages
...The foil in general is fo rich as to require no manure. It is a pure bkck mould, free from ftones, and of a very tenacious and unctuous nature. When left .uncultivated, I have obferved fiflures, ariling from the extreme heat, of which a fpear of fix feet could not reach the... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Africa - 1814 - 396 pages
...by human art; the lands near the river are watered by machines; and if they extend, canals are cut. The soil, in general, is so rich as to require no manure. The width of the Nile is about one-third of a mile: its waters are muddy, and whenit overflown, the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 pages
...near the river are watered by machines ; and if they extend to any width, canals have been cut. Tbc soil in general is so rich as to require no manure....black mould, free from stones, and of a very tenacious unctuous nature. When left uncultivated, fissures ban been observed, arising from extreme heat, of... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1826 - 480 pages
...date-tree becomes tedious ; but in some districts, the orange groves present an agreeable variety. The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure...mould, free from stones, and of a very tenacious, unctuous nature*: when left uncultivated, the fissures arising from extreme heat are very broad and... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1826 - 1252 pages
...lands near the river arc watered by machines ; and if they extend to any width, canals have been cut. The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure. It is a pure black mould, free from »tones and of a very tenacious unctuous nature. When left uncultivated, fissures have been observed,... | |
 | William Channing Woodbridge - Geography - 1827 - 494 pages
...narrow fertile vale, traversed by tbe Nile, and bounded on each side by barren rocks and mountains. The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure. The agriculture is of the simplest bind, the chief articles of produce being wheat and barley. In the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Agriculture - 1831 - 1330 pages
...lands near the river are watered by machines ; and if they extend to any width, canals have been cut The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure...black mould, free from stones, and of a very tenacious unctuous nature. When left uncultivated, fissures have been observed, arising from extreme heat, of... | |
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The soil in general is so rich as to require no manure ; it is a pure black mould, free from stones, and of a very tenacious unctuous nature. When left uncultivated, fissures have been observed, arising from extreme heat, of such depth that a spear of... 
