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This k 1.1 Country much aboundeth with Rivers, especially that Territory belong∣ing to the Venetians; which lying flat and towards the Sea, by the flowing of the Tides became a Fenny Marish: But by the help of Trenches and Banks (in such manner, as was long before experimented in the lower Egypt) some part thereof hath been l 1.2 drayned, and made useful for tillage; some na∣vigable, and some cut into Islands.
Strab. l. 5.
p. 212.