Mœris, the Lake, 19 _et seq._; Arabic tradition concerning, 22; identical with Fayûm depression, 48; in the time of Herodotus, 88; decline of, 95; inflow and outflow of, 77; levels of Nile and lake, 79; supposed regulators of, 73, 89; supposed maker of, 69; volume of water required to fill, 79; Cope Whitehouse’s theory concerning, 5, 37, 40; objections to his theory, 42 _et seq._; Petrie’s theory, 56-60 Nile, the, gradual rise of water-level, 87, 92; the river in the days of Herodotus, 87 Petrie, W. M. F., 77, 85, 94 Pliny, 22 Ptolemy, Cl., 41, 44 Reservoirs, different methods suggested, 105 Ruins at Dimay, 51, 52 Schweinfurth, Dr., 38, 43; temple of, 51, 52 “Shad,” the town of, 92 Strabo, 21 Wadi Raiân never in direct communication with Nile, 43, 48; position of, 5; possible reservoir, 106; Western’s official description of, 42 Water-wheels, different kinds of, 14-16 LONDON: PRINTED BY EDWARD STANFORD, 26 & 27, COCKSPUR STREET, CHARING CROSS, S.W. [Illustration: FAYÛM PROVINCE London: Edward Stanford, 26 & 27, Cockspur St, Charing Cross, S.W. _London: Stanford’s Geogl. Estabt._] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: A maximum of 20 metres is obtained from statements made by the fishermen. Crossing to Dimay, the greatest depth I obtained was 4·85 metres, but the fishermen said that at a point towards the south-west four times that depth was to be found, but I have not yet been able to verify this statement.] [Footnote 2: Its actual height is under 6 metres as a maximum.] [Footnote 3: I believe the ridge east of Edwah and running parallel to the railway along its south side is natural. Its crest has a decided inclination downwards from the hills on the east of Edwah. The artificial bank begins at Edwah and runs west, but it is joined at Edwah to this natural ridge.] [Footnote 4: Dr. Schweinfurth includes the Edwah-Biahmu bank and the Minia wall under the expression “dams.”] [Footnote 5: Probably that of Fra Mauro, of 1459 A.D., which, as Mr. Cope Whitehouse states, in a paper published in Paris, represents two small lakes unnamed, of which that on the south is larger than that on the north.] [Footnote 6: See map at end.] [Footnote 7: Mr. Petrie’s information is incorrect on this point. The quay at its upper end is at R.L. 25·438, as ascertained by careful levelling and check-levelling in May 1892, made by Mr. W. O. Joseph and M. Pini, under my directions.] [Footnote 8: A feddan = 4200 square metres.]