Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-01

talk about them Why every American boy of Twelve
years of age knows much about them Buckingham
can tell him.
will tell you all that is peculiar in the geography
of these countries"
Every boy and girl in the city is learning this in our
common schools daily.
Tonight I'll give you the outline--then speak of Sy.
ria then of others then Of something else then
about the banks Of the Nile then about the crocodiles
and Cleopatra and all the wonders Of that wonderful
world Egypis Insignificant part Of that part OF AT
RIGA it is very peculiar place-its an exception TO
rule that used to have exceptions. knowledge IS a
self. propasaed science my conviction is that know
ledge beats down ignorance, and But Egypt
it did no such thing. IL was the most civilized
country in the world there always one coun
try civilized than any other nearly 50. There
many kings called the Pharaohs they were wise;
there Moses-he wise we are told he was
wise lin all the learning of the Egyptians but neither
Moses, Pharaoh nor Egypt made the surrounding
country any wiser they just ignorant ever
and uncivilized they can be.
Now, I've been struck with one thing. It's just the
in America that il was in Egypt The civilization
of America don't affect the Indians this is singular
very it in Syra-so in Arabia and 50 pretty
much every where. When Moses lived. Egyptians
like polished ebony the Greeks say they got all they
knew from them-they drank the milk Of knowledge
from the breast of their nursing mother Egypt
"Another sngularity-it had large population on a
small area-that is it had density Of population You
don't know here what density sfpopulation means I'll
tell you it mean, the thickness Of people small
space. But still you may not comprehend SO III ex-
plain more fully In Russia 100 millions would mt make
~ - o mil
gland l try to make it famiar-I hope I've sue
ceeded
at is very prevalent notion that England is over
peopledthat the people cramned close together
they havnt room to breathe. I've been there, and as
sure you it is not The and women are very nu-
merous-that u.s. the population very dense, but still
they all have standing and breathing This error
should be corrected by those who know better Again
England and Scotland is island there are ls mil
lions Of people in Britain, and millions in Ireand-lS
and make % Britain is 600 miles long, and 100 broad,
from the North Sea the Irish Channe and is bound
ed on the east by the German Ocean, on the west by
the Atlantic the north by the North Sea, and on the
south by the Bay of Bscay, and on All these things
belong TO geography-so you see geography is most
interesting science, you will find before the close of
these lectures
Egypt is 600 miles long like England, from the
the where Nuba begins ii is only 10 miles
broad; the Delta the broad but some parts
Of Egypt are only a mile wide; SO that the surface OF
Egypt is not large the surface Of England. The
Ptolemes we're men; they had books in album
dance astronomy then science, and in their time
Egypt had two millions people than England has
now they had 30 millions; England has 10 millions
ls from 90 there remansso that you see the study OF
geography is an interesting science Egypt is won
derful country abounds in extraordinary things and
by attending these lectures you will learn some aston
ishing facts.
Egypt iumined the world afar of, but never illu-
mined its borders It's borders means its boundaries
I'll describe these and you'll understand its shape 9TH
err countries have hills and valleys and undulaons and
so on. Egypt is long, low, narrow, ha.!-"
"And you're a short. low, thick, flat" said small
school boy behind US.
But as we intend to do Mr.. Buckingham justice, we
must say that we don't think he is altogether at-but
something Of sharp However will give the whole
of his lecture and let readers judge for themselves,
of the amount Of information 10 be obtained BY attend
ing them The above is coinage Of our brain-t is
as nearly word for word, could take it down in
Buckngham's lecture. We shall give the balance in
our next,