 | Herodotus - 1858 - 746 lehte
...after which the plant is nourished and the ears formed by means of irrigation from the river.9 For the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the corn-lands...of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand, or by the help of engines.1 I*atin modiua, which last was equal to one-sixth of the Greek medimnus.... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1862 - 534 lehte
...marshes on the lower Tigris. (See the next page.) 5 Arrian, Exjied. Alex. vii. 7; Plin. Hist. Nat. 1. BC bed, and seldom varies its channel, offering a strong contrast to the sister stream.' Frequent allusion has been made, in the course of this description of the Tigris and Euphrates,... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1871 - 624 lehte
...wholly, or almost wholly, lost itself.5 No such misfortune can befall the Tigris, which runs in a deep bed, and seldom varies its channel, offering a strong...Babylonia " the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the w Euphrates Expedition, vol. i. pp. 59, 60. 1 Layard, Nineveh and Babylon, ch. xxi. p. 475 ; Loftus,... | |
 | 1871 - 626 lehte
...runs in a deep bed, and seldom varies its channel, offering a strong contrast to the sister stream.' Frequent allusion has been made, in the course of...Babylonia " the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the u Euphrates Expedition, vol. i. pp. 59,' 60. 1 Layard, Nineveh and Babylon, ch. xxi. p. 475 ; Loftus,... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 754 lehte
...after which the plant is nourished and the ears formed by means of irrigation from the river.8 For the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the corn-lands...of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand, or by the help of engines.4 The whole of Babylonia is, like Egypt, intersected with canals. The... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1879 - 622 lehte
...wholly, or almost wholly, lost itself.8 No such misfortune can befall the Tigris, which runs in a deep bed/ and seldom varies its channel, offering a strong...Babylonia " the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the 10 Euphrates Expedition, vol. i. pp. 59, 60. 1 Layard, Nineveh and Babylon, clx. xxi.p.475; \joi\xia,... | |
 | 1882 - 1050 lehte
...Herodotus thus describes the irrigation and fertility of the land of ancient Babylonia (i. 191) : — The river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the corn-lands...of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand, or by the help of engines. The whole of BsbjIonia is, like Egypt, intersected with canals. The... | |
 | Georges Perrot - 1884 - 432 lehte
...plant," he says, "is nourished and the ears formed by means of irrigation from the river. For this river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the cornlands...of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand or by the help of engines," i. 193. [Our quotations are from Prof. Rawlinson's Herodotus (4 vols.... | |
 | Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez - 1884 - 432 lehte
...plant," he says, "is nourished and the ears formed by means of irrigation from the river. For this river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the cornlands...of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand or by the help of engines," i. 193. [Our quotations are from Prof. Rawlinson's Herodotus (4 vols.... | |
 | George Rawlinson - 1885 - 782 lehte
...wholly, or almost wholly, lost itself.35 No such misfortune can befall the Tigris, which runs in a deep bed, and seldom varies its channel, offering a strong contrast to the sister stream.88 Frequent allusion has been made, in the course of this description of the Tigris and Euphrates,... | |
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For the river does not, as in Egypt, overflow the corn-lands of its own accord, but is spread over them by the hand, or by the help of engines. 
