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Dyott's diary, 1781-1845; a selection from the journal of William Dyott, sometime general in the British army and aide-de-camp to His Majesty King George III. Volume 1 - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...inside have more the appearance of the inside of a very large cathedral than anything I could compare them to. They extend under the whole of the space within the old wall and are found in different places outside the walls, and no doubt the whole of the ancient town was supplied in like manner. During the time we were besieging Alexandria, it was thought expedient to make a cut through the canal in order to inundate the country, by which means the usual supply of water for filling the cisterns was prevented reaching the place. The consequence was that they were become very low as the usual time (the overflowing of the Nile) for filling them was past. The canal LIFE AT ALEXANDRIA 179 of Alexandria had from the extreme indolence of the 1801 natives been used as an aqueduct for a vast number of years, and was consequently dry when the Nile resumes its bounds; the cutting through it therefore was a trifling labour, and admitted a salt-water lake to inundate the country on the opposite side of it. The inhabitants of Alexandria lived entirely on rice and coffee. I saw a number of mills grinding the rice, drawn by a horse, as also several windmills. Two or three of the gardens which used to supply the place with vegetables were preserved, many of them had been destroyed by the French for firewood and other purposes. The gardens are thickly planted with palm-trees, which makes a charming shade from the heat of the sun. There are one or more machines in each for raising water from the cisterns, which is performed by means of a wheel worked by an ox or asses, and the ground is laid out in squares with little channels in different directions for overflowing it. There was little growing in the gardens at the time 1 was there except parsley and some salad....
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150213337
- ISBN 13 9781150213335
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages118
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