Kitap 1
3.17
During my stay at Alexandria in Egypt the sea rose so high near PelusiumTineh. and Mount CasiusEl-Kas. as to overflow the land, and convert the mountain into an island, so that a journey from Casius into Phoenicia might have been undertaken by water. We should not be surprised therefore if in time to come the isthmusOf Suez. which separates the Egyptian seaThat part of the Mediterranean adjoining Egypt. from the Erythraean,The Red Sea. should part asunder or subside, and becoming a strait, connect the outer and inner seas,The Red Sea and Mediterranean. similarly to what has taken place at the strait of the Pillars.
3.17
At the commencement of this work will be found some other narrations of a similar kind, which should be considered at the same time, and which will greatly tend to strengthen our belief both in these works of nature and also in its other changes.
