cladking Wrote:
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> I read this article again and was surprised to see
> something I missed before;
>
> “Furthermore, the egyptians
> said this lake drains underground into theLibyan
> n Syrtis, and extends under the mountains above
> Memphis, having
> an inland country on its west”
>
> I guess I missed it because I didn't understand
> the end of the sentence and have a strong tendency
> to dismiss entire sentences that I can't parse.

(Er ... no comment, Cladking).

> Whatever it means though it might explain how a
> river can form with no outlet; Like Short River in
> Florida it simply goes underground. This allows
> flow and flow defines a river.
>
>
> “The water of the lake [Moeris] is not natural
> (for the country here isexceedingly arid) but
> brought by a channel from the Nile; six months it
> flows into the lake, and six back into the river.”

The relevant cites from Herodotus (2); et seq.:

[perseus.uchicago.edu]
[perseus.uchicago.edu]

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