WONDERS. OF EGYPT. 1338

 

was once inhabited by a race of people
who knew much more than those living
there now. At one time, indeed, there
was more learning in Egypt, than in
any other part of the world. At the
time when Joseph was sold to the
Egyptians, the country was famous for
the learning, and taste, and ingenuity
of its inhabitants, and it became more
famous still, at a later day.

If you have studied geography at all,
you don’t need to have me tell you the
name of the largest and most noted
river in Egypt. You know, well enough,
that it is the Nile. Along the banks

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