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fellow of the Royal Society in 1877, wrote much on subjects connected with the practice of medicine in India, and was especially known for his studies on the poisonous See also:

SNAKES

snakes of that See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and on the physiological effects produced by their See also:

VIRUS, CHRISTOBAL DE (1550?-1615?)

virus (Thanatophidia of India, 1872). In 1900 appeared his Recollections of my See also:

LIFE

Life. He died at See also:

FALMOUTH

Falmouth on the 21st of May 1907.the hills separating the See also:

province from the See also:

Nile Valley. See also:

South-See also:

west of the See also:

FAYUM

Fayum, and forming See also:

PART

part of the mudiria, is the Gharak depression. Another depression, entirely barren, the See also:

WADI

Wadi Rayan, covering 28o sq. m., lies west of the Gharak.

The whole region is below See also:

sea-level, and See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save for the See also:

gap mentioned is encircled by the Libyan hills. The lowest part of the province, the See also:

north-west end, is occupied by the Birket el Kerun, or See also:

Lake of the Horns, whose See also:

SURFACE

surface level is 140 ft. below that of the sea. The lake covers about 78 sq. m. Differing from the typical See also:

OASIS (Gr. &toss, the name given by Herodotus to the fertile spots in the Libyan desert: it probably represents an Egyptian word, cf. Coptic ouahe, ouih, to dwell, from which the Egyptian Arabic sod is derived)

oasis, whose fertility depends on See also:

WATER

water obtained from springs, the cultivated See also:

LAND

land in the Fayum is formed of Nile mud brought down by the See also:

BAHR

Bahr Yusuf. From this channel, 15 M. in length from Lahun, at the entrance of the gap in the hills, to See also:

Medina, several canals See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch off and by these the province is irrigated, the drainage water flowing into the Birket el Kerun. Over 400 sq. m. of the Fayum is cultivated, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief crops being cereals and See also:

cotton. The completion of the See also:

ASSUAN

Assuan See also:

dam by ensuring a See also:

fuller See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of water enabled 20,000 acres of land, previously unirrigated and untaxed, to be brought under cultivation in the three years 1903-1905. Three crops are obtained in twenty months. The province is noted for its See also:

FIGS

figs and grapes, the figs being of exceptionally See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality. See also:

OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

Olives are also cultivated. See also:

Rose trees are very numerous and most of the See also:

ATTAR [or OTTO] OF ROSES (Pers. 'atar, essence)

attar of See also:

ROSES, WARS OF THE

roses of See also:

EGYPT

Egypt is manufactured in the province. The Fayum also possesses an excellent breed of See also:

sheep.

Lake Kerun abounds in See also:

fish, notably the See also:

BULLI

bulli (Nile See also:

CARP

carp), of which considerable quantities are sent to See also:

Cairo. Medinet el-Fayum (or Medina), the See also:

capital of the province, is a See also:

GREAT

great agricultural centre, with a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population which increased from 26,000 in 1882 to 37,320 in 1907, and has several large bazaars, mosques, See also:

BATHS

baths and a much-frequented weekly See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market. The Bahr Yusuf runs through the See also:

TOWN

town, its See also:

banks lined with houses. There are two See also:

bridges over the stream: one of three See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches, which carries the See also:

main See also:

street and See also:

BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

bazaar, and one of two arches over which is built the Kait See also:

BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig)

Bey See also:

MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque. Mounds north of the town See also:

mark the site of See also:

ARSINOE

Arsinoe, earlier Crocodilopolis, where was worshipped the sacred See also:

CROCODILE

crocodile kept in the Lake of See also:

Moeris. Besides Medina there are several other towns in the province, among them Senuris and Tomia to the north of Medina and Senaru and Abuksa on the road to the lake, all served by See also:

RAIL

rail-ways. There are also, especially in the neighbourhood of the lake, many ruins of See also:

ancient villages and cities. The Fayum is the site of the Lake of Moeris (q.v.) of the ancient Egyptians--a lake of which Birket el Kerun is the shrunken remnant. See Due Fayum and Lake Moeris, by See also:

Major (Sir) R. H. See also:

Brown, R.E. (London, 1892), a valuable contribution as to the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the province at that date, its connexion with Lake Moeris and its possibilities in the future; The Assuan See also:

RESERVOIR

Reservoir and Lake Moeris (London, 1904), by Sir See also:

William Willcocks—with See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text in English, See also:

French and Arabic—a See also:

CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation possibilities; The See also:

Topography and See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology of the Fayum Province of Egypt, by H.

J. L. Beadnell (Cairo, 1905).

End of Article: FAYRER, SIR JOSEPH

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