Identifier: travelstodiscove03bruc (find matches)
Title: Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773
Year: 1790 (1790s)
Authors: Bruce, James, 1730-1794
Subjects: Natural history -- Ethiopia Early works to 1800 Rare books -- 18th century Ethiopia -- Description and travel Early works to 1800 Ethiopia -- History Early works to 1800 Nile River -- Early works to 1800 Egypt -- Description and travel Early works to 1800
Publisher: Edinburgh, Printed by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London
Contributing Library: Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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me time having fewer people to eat it, nothingwas lefs oppreflive than that a part of the furplus of the pro-duce fhould go in augmentation of the tribute. For thispurpofe, following the very weak lights of his own judg-ment, he introduced a different meafure on the Kilometer,and the confequence of that meafure, impofed by a conquer-or, affected the people (not reflecting upon their decreafe inpopulation) fo much, that they prepared to fly the country;from which it immediately would have followed, that allEgypt would have lain defolate and uncultivated, and allArabia been ftarved. They were perfectly acquainted with their ancient mea-fure, and it is probable that Omar made an exceflive addi-tion by the new Milometers which he had erected; fo thatfaith being thereby broken between the government and peo-ple, the Egyptians fet about watching the Nile upon the Milo-meter with its new meafure, as the only way of being inform-ed when poverty or famine was to overtake them. This being3 told
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