Chapter II: Part I: The Binding of the Nile

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I. THE NILE 3

II. BASIN IRRIGATION 13

III. PERENNIAL IRRIGATION 23

IV. THE CULTURE OF THE FIELDS 32

V. THE DELTA BARRAGE AND THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS 43

VI. THE CORVÉE 59

VII. RESERVOIR PRELIMINARIES 68

VIII. THE DAM AND THE NEW BARRAGES 81

IX. THE INAUGURATION OF THE RESERVOIR 91

X. BRITISH RULE IN EGYPT 101

XI. SCHEMES FOR THE FUTURE 111

XII. THE SUDD 124

XIII. THE UNITY OF NILELAND 134