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Perhaps, after censuring all the opinions that have been put forward
on this obscure subject, one ought to propose some theory of one's
own. I will therefore proceed to explain what I think to be the
reason of the Nile's swelling in the summer time. During the
winter, the sun is driven out of his usual course by the storms, and
removes to the upper parts of Libya. This is the whole secret in the
fewest possible words; for it stands to reason that the country to
which the Sun-god approaches the nearest, and which he passes most
directly over, will be scantest of water, and that there the streams
which feed the rivers will shrink the most.
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