| Show the ol 01 the nile title W 11 II 11 II in a letter to the london times of july 3 says many reader erlof ol 01 sir samuel bikers bakers most inter eating letter recently published by the tones on the connection between the tile egyptian question oi and the great movement now going on lor for civilization and commerce in central africa must have baen startled by his bold assertion that a waterway water wy may be ade miles in lenth to connect t the great lake system of africa with the mediterranean 1 I do not p propose rup por nor am I 1 competent now to coa co neider d er that very important im P tant assertion bet bat it doe does not sem to ba be known in in E england ng land that a discovery lifts bas recently been made on the island of Rot iele at the firra citar cataract act of ebo kilo nile which may possibly prove to bo be of great significance in its bearing beating uli upon anthe the assertion aver tion of sir samuel not 0 t many years have elapsed since a well known american egypt mr wilbour deciphered on the r clie clis which there divide the streams of the great river what hat appears a P to ie be a record of the restoration and reopen nii by a ruler of egypt of a very early cabaliz of 0 the nile A photograph of the car cartouche an all ill thi this record was made by mr fr alfred mandley of cambridge idne I 1 10 ta whom american archaeology Archee Archie ie to so deeply indebted for hie his thorough fior ounh and evat matle work done in Sl mexico exico cantral america and Yucatan and w who happened nt it tha tile time to bo be taking a holiday in hie his dahabieh deha delt bieh abiell on t the b e nil nile 0 from hid lik still uncompleted 1 labors in tho the new world this photograph mr Mau bl audsley deley gave 0 to mr who la Is now on his ills way homo home to america and mr IVIl baur will no doubt doubt at ai an early day give vivo ng an the renal of bis his investigations of this 11 ing and carious inscription meanwhile exin eflin informed thit that bra brugsch I 1 C 1 1 1 14 a has already F 1 1 d a pacer on th the 1 aub sub eject act in some ferkau 0 I 1 periodical cical from I 1 born which it appears that t bl at cirrio he e regards the cartouche car as oo oe longing to one of the later ramses Ra rosee arof dayce of oxford orford who waa was fortunately with with mr wilbour and mr maudsley not when hen the discovery wag was made did not copy the ins ri rip ion ioa leaving that tha t to be done by mr wilbour 1 bat he examined tho the enigmatical car cartouche toncho and assigns to it ic a somewhat later data date than that given to it it my information le be corle ct by brugsch pasha whatever the data date of the car the fact that the nile waa was ca for tha the commeria com merca merea between the mediterranean and tile sudan thousands of years ago cannot fall to in excite the serious attention of 0 enlightened and anti practical roon men at ibie this moment men t when the nations of r europe are mak makina ang africa and ita possibilities the baaba i a of a new departure in their commerce their d diplomacy pl uirl c y and their int international ernat n al relations ions |
