The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-16

against thee and against thy rivers, and
will make the land Of Egypt utterly waste
from the tower of Syene even unto the
border OF Ethiopia
This is n curious allusion geographic
cally, as the local disturbance is mentioned
as between Sycno and Ethiopia, which
would imply an interference with the
| Atbara River. Again, in Ezekiel xxx, Il,
is q moro striking passago-'And | will
make the rivers dry and sell the land unto
the hand of the wicked, and l will make
| the land waste and all that is therein hy
the hand of strangers; /, the Lord, have
| spoken it,
Isaiah xix, As, reads And the
| Egyptians will give over into the hand Of
cruel lord, and a fierce king shall rule
| over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of
Hosts, and tho waters shall fall from the
| sea (lake) and the rivers shall be wasted
and dried up, and they shall turn the
| rivers fur away, and the brooks OF defence
shall be omptied aud dried up. The reeds
and flags shall withor. The paper reeds
| papyrusl by the brooks, by tho mouth OF
the brook and everything sown by the
brooks shall wither, DO driven away and
be no moro
LONG 400 FEARED.
"Only this morning | hayo received q
book, Prophecies Concerning England aud
Egypt in which tho important question
OF detection OF the Nile toward the east
is carefully discussed. II says But this
power Of destroying the riches OF Egypt by
turning the course OF the Nile into the
deserts north Of Khartoum or Berber Ia in
the hands OF the Abyssinians, and, i'm.
probable az IL may appear II has been al.
ready threatened we could very soon
repay you in kind, SAYS a letter from tho
King Of Abyssinia to the Pacha OF Cairo,
A. u. l70i, threatening to make the Nile
the instrument Of his vengeance for an in
suit, ii wo were inclined 10 revenge the
insult you have offered us. Tho Nile
would DO sufficient TO punish you, since
God has put into our power His fountain,
His outlet and HIS increase, and that wo
can dispose oi II 10 your HARM (Brucc's
Travels
"rho testimony quoted from Scriptural
history Is sufficient 10 prove that the an.
clients, although ignorant Of the actual
sources were thoroughly alive TO the posi-
bility OF interference with the Nile, aud
the knowledge Of such possibility exists
among the Soudan Arabs Of tho present
day. Whether they have commenced
such operations as would have caused the
terrible calamity OF nm unprecedented low
Nile in Egypt We cannot say, and the PEE
culiar vigilance Of the Mahdis followers
prevents all attempts at communication
with Bcrbcr or Khartoum."
ANOTHER viEw.
Among others who dispute Sir Samuel
nalAUfa .sat.slssat..ua 4. l..
doubts the possibility OF diyerting the
Milo, and believes that Bible prophecies
have already been fulfilled by the con-
quests OF Acbuchndnczzar and Cambyscs.
To this baker answers that while Rassam
knows the upper Atbara hc docs not know
that portion OF the river near its junction
with the Nile. lie refers 10 his notes of a
journey M the Nile and Atbara, and from
maps and notes writes ~ follows
81 determined 10 examine this great
tributary (Atbara) minutcly, therefore, In.
stead uf continuing direct toward khar-
tourn. io0 railcs distant mot seventy, as
MIR. Rassnm Vritcs), | turned along the
course and followed every foot OF the river
% Gozomjup, about 200 miles Tho whole
Of that course Is dead llat along the north
crn bank. but a higher lovcl upon the
south bank.
"Nohing could bc easier than tic ar,ih.
cial detection of this riyornear Gozorajup.
Between that point and Kassala, ninety.
two miles distant. there Is depression
forming fiat valley Of immense cxtont,
named Soogalup. II would only loo neces.
snry 10 open channel toward this dcprcs-
sion from the Atbam River, about twenty
miles from Gozcrajup, and 60 dam the
river at that point, which would afford an
opportunity Tor the water b enlarge iis
course aud overflow the lower level. ID
would be impossible 10 enter into details
without an engineering survey. but pro-
ciscly as the ancient lake MOcris was
formed by leading the waters Of the great
Nile during the high level into n natural
depression, no also can the waters Of tho
Atban bo DETECTED by dam constructed
during the season when the dry bed offers
the favorable opportunity.
Tho Soudon IL lost; the SOuloncnc are
preparing 10 march upon Wady llalh;
suakim Is actually infested by the Arabs,
and Is nightly shollcd; and, wonc than all,
there Is somethingout Of order la the Nile,
which, according 90 my own personal cH-
periencc, can bo controlled by the enemy
upon the Atbam."
With which gloomy view oi the dtua.
uon Baker closes his part Of the discussion
and has sailed for India.