Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 40
e to avoid the current which flowed along theircoasts and brought to them the mud from the mouthsof the Nile. Now it was but natural that when theEgyptians took to the sea they should use, for theirtrading voyages to Syria or their expedition to Punt,12 THE BIRTH OF THE NAUTICAL ARTS craft very… … River sailors rather than blue-water seamen ships has been so thoroughly discussed that it is hardlynecessary to go further into that matter at present. Itis enough to state that they were decked both at bowand stern, that short, narrow benches were placed closeto the bulwarks, leaving an empty…
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