for  its  fertility  to  the  waiers    of  the  Nile  with  which  it  is  artificially  irri-
gated. The  Bohr  Yiisuf.  a  channel  207  M.  in  length,  which  is  more  probably
a  natural  branch  of  the  river,  artificially  adapted,  than  a  canal,  di
from   the  Nile  to  the  N.  of  Assiut,  and   Hows   through   a  narrow  opening  in
the  Libyan    chain    into    the    Fayum,    where    it    divides    into    nun
ramifications,  abundantly  watering  the  v.  hole  district.     One  of  its  branches

■,  ards  the  N..  skirting  the  E,  slopes  oftheLibyan  hills.    At  IV
where  the  Bahr  Yusuf  enters  Hie  Fayum.   tin'  district  forms  a  plat
moderate  height,  descending  towards  the  W.  in  three  gradations  towards
iio    Birket  el-Kurun,   a  Ion-,    narrow  lake,  extending  from  S.W,  I
'in    the    es  ternmo  t    and    hi|  he  I    pari    of  the   oasis   the  Labyrint)
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