The sugar-cane has not been given a place in this rotation, as it is principally grown in Upper Egypt for the manufacture of sugar, while we are dealing with the rich lands of the Delta and the farming there. But we may here remark that the Egyptians are as fond of the green sugar-cane as an article of diet as the blacks of the West Indies, who may be seen munching its luscious saccharine at all times and seasons. There is something more in this among the Egyptians than the gratification of a sweet palate, for it is eaten largely from the great faith of rich and poor alike in its tonic qualities. "Gasab," or as they pronounce it in Cairo "'asab," is considered to be one of the greatest restorers for those who from weak health or excess are what we call in modern phraseology "run down"--perhaps as pleasant, plentiful, and economical a medicament as could be used. It is a common sight for the European to see the poor, patient, overladen, and underfed donkeys coming into Cairo every morning heavily laden with the juicy caries that have been grown in the neighbouring fields. It will be observed in the above rotation that a crop of clover precedes and succeeds the cotton. We now proceed to a technical statement of the treatment of an Egyptian farm; not merely a description of farming in Egypt, but of the management of a farm based upon the careful observations of one who has passed many years in the Delta and has made the cultivation and cropping of its peculiar soil a thorough life study. In fact, the tracts of land under his superintendence offer themselves as specimens worthy of copying by all who seek to make the land of Egypt profitable and well paying in return for the capital, large or small, that may be invested there. This being said, we at once plunge again _in medias res_, and, at the risk of being too formal and technical, recapitulate the crops in their order. Cotton. Followed by Clover, or Beans, or both. Followed by Fallow, or catch crops of Maize or Water Melons. Wheat and Barley. Followed by three months' fallow, or Maize, main crop, and catch crop of Sesame. Clover--"Fachl" on land after Maize and Clover "Miscowy" after Fallow. Then Cotton. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. We will take an estate of three hundred acres, and on inspection, say in the month of March, the crops occupying the land under the following rotation will be as under:-- Three Years' Rotation. March. 100 Acres Cotton 50 acres Clover 50 acres Beans 80 acres Wheat 20 acres Barley Two Years' Rotation. March. 150 Acres Cotton 30 acres Clover 40 acres Beans 60 acres Wheat 20 acres Barley Within the last few years there has been a tendency to increase the cotton crop and adopt the two years' rotation; but it is not a good practice, as it tends to exhaustion of the soil, especially where there is a want of farmyard manure. The cereal crops also suffer from the consequent lateness of sowing.