SUBJECT MATTER.

Chapter I. The Nile—([Page 11]).
[1.]Introduction.
[2.]Nomenclature.
[3.]Description of the course of the Nile.
[4.]Slopes and velocities of the Nile in its different reaches.
[5.]Catchment basins of the Nile and its tributaries.
[6.]The climate of the Nile valley.
[7.]The geology of the Nile valley.
[8.]The discharges of the Nile and its tributaries.
Chapter II. The tributaries of theNile—([Page 26]).
[9.]Lake Victoria Nyanza.
[10.]The Victoria Nile.
[11.]The Semliki river.
[12.]Lake Albert Nyanza.
[13.]The Albert Nile.
[14.]The Gazelle river.
[15.]The Zeraf river.
[16.]The Sobat river.
[17.]The Sudd region.
[18.]The White Nile.
[19.]The Blue Nile.
[20.]The Atbara.
[21.]The Nile from Khartoum to Assuân.
[22.]The Nile from Assuân to the Barrage.
[23.]The Rosetta and Damietta Branches.
Chapter III. The utilisation of theNile—([Page 56]).
[24.]The Nile in flood.
[25.]The Nile in low supply.
[26.]Nile water.
[27.]The soil of the Nile Valley.
[28.]Basin irrigation.
[29.]Perennial irrigation.
[30.]Flood protection.
Chapter IV. Projects—([Page 73]).
[31.]Projects.
[32.]The raising of the Assuân dam.
[33.]The Wady Rayan reservoir and escape.
[34.]The Albert Lake and Nile project.
[35.]Flood protection for Egypt.
[36.]Complete project for water storage and flood control.
[37.]Sir William Garstin’s projects.
[38.]The conversion of basin to perennial irrigation.
[39.]Development of the Sudan.
Chapter V. The oases and the geology of Egypt byH.J.L. Beadnell, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.—([Page 107]).
[40.]The oases.
[41.]Dakhla oasis.
[42.]Kharga oasis.
[43.]Baharia oasis.
[44.]Farafra oasis.
[45.]The geology of Egypt.
[46.]Igneous rocks.
[47.]Sedimentary rocks.
[48.]Upper cretaceous.
[49.]Eocene.
[50.]Oligocene and Miocene.
[51.]Pliocene, Pleistocene and Recent.
[52.]Economic products.
Table of Appendices ([Page 117]).
Index ([Page 221]).