, 1877-10-08

eteEss bat from thts !ehyth abutt one
a,s'rcd high levc'. This lcsvcs about 900 k,ion.
eters. One kIfo,netcr of tho ri raIsaI. II well
kent frr!0ates l,uU atres. Thus Nc have to0,-
90 acres provided for and beronl The REACH of
bad Siles. md 1,om.too acres left store Cairo
for wAtrh vater must be found. Below Cairo
about l,5oo,oo0 acres are dependent on water
raised BY mechanical means. This makes In al
200, ,ot] acres.
eevrn cubic netera Of water per acre per day
L sufficient. with care, for Irritating PURPOSES.
The direct cost to Eeypt Of : low Nile ia
ohrtously the expense Of lifting through the
deficient height the amount q necessary
meter for each meter of height. II q sakeeya1l
II used: thu charge II about one.thiFi
that sum II steam pump IL available. The loE"
lowing ts 4 rough estimate 0l loss. after allow.
iaso con.!deration the cs:snci Size Of the cnblI
OF the Stlomcter hctween the heights of lG and
e Quilts: Should The highest Nile te q cnbt..
tssc extra cost TO the country will be 44m, m,oo0;
q euhita, 1sNoo; 20 enhtts, 81 ,ao,@; 10
cnbka. FL, 100000. II }s not necessary to carry
IN this calculation. ~ the lowest recorded
height Of thc river Is over 10 tuhIta. and there
is stti time for sucf, height to he attartcL md
parsed. Indeed. the present height ut Khas-
further rise IN Egypt almost certainty.
To complete the raitulatio. 0! loss ne must
include the cost Of tho ,cxtsn sakeeyshs That
would be required. A sakecya1, ~fif, It, bni-
gate eiuht acres with lit Of ttx meters; but it
is impossible TO estimate exactly how many new
.akeeyahs would to nccessary.' Tie most certain
faets arc tlat the 1cssentd humiliation will caute
products ot the land. md that. roughly speak
inr, E4t0.U0 fs the cost Ut raistng water rnr
eaci, cubit Of deficiency between the heiRhts Ut
sixteen and TWENTY-FIVE essbts a. marked On tho
Ni!o.nctcr at nIltHia. fhus the luss wilt pro.-
ably br counted BY millions.
This lDfk IT,, or co1iEset most serious. But
the "bati Ntle'' Of 1877 1rlay ltitl prove bc.e-
Ing in disguise II Egypt vii! properly read Is
Lesson. Kecr0t experience las taught that the
river al present is a bad master as well a.
good scrrant. Three ycars ago the country was
in alarm lest the mighty Good SHOULD brcak It's
banks. aud CROPS, houses, villages, even toxns
sh"uld be swept away r. one universal deluge.
All Egypt was astlr. Night aud day tho batks
were watched. Camp-tircs burnr.l, tctegsaphs
worked, attl posts speu unceaslngv to aud from
the Capital Just as though ali enemy lad tnral-
ed the. country. Thousands of toue Of stone
wcrr lung into tho breaches as :hcy kere
tlleir lives tn their ciEurt To stcn the torrent
with their sx1fcs when ot1er means wcrc not Ut
hand. 1t was unty after Lung fortnight Of In
tes,sc anxiety and inyessal,t labor that iac cou-
year al eyes arc t1rlled lIurt!ly lcas ahxiotaty
to the tiiElisl strcam w!licf, now oAsttnatc1y
clinGs to It's l'cd md refuses to touch thu land
which. 50 lately It Threatened to oyeswllclm.
tered. Just as tic Nile IN 1871 tauah: Egypt to
stronghold the rtyer-banke, eD the Nlle VI 1877
| will teach etill more valuable lesson. Three
thing" should lc especially looked to,
would effect great reform. Tile ercc-
tlnn Of tteana pumps all over the country
wherever canal Is III bc found would mike IL
| rtgAtton ut o.!ce easy and cheap. Sccondts, tho
construction mud et,nttnlatton of high Level stjl
eaha1s out froIn tlIc river high up tic country
ami below luw Nile level would almost do away
With tile necessity Of artll1>fal irrigation alto
Ecther. Lastly. II that engineering abortion,
tlc prcscut Barrage, WIS replaced by u etrt,ng,
serviccat,le structure At tlic ilca Of :he Delta,
AMI SCIENCE says the thing Is fcakible.-tlet,
woul.f be- supplied with wutrr. Ordinary cat.als
woul bc tlitd at higher level tlIan that Of tue
rlrer, gravltattn would take the place Of costly
inlcllfucry aud sill in0Fr costly baud labor, nulI
ul! NIlus would 1cayc ills muddy wealth behind
lin IN Egypt, nstrad vi wasttilg the major part
| Of It III tbu Mediterranean.