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     * wateredst it with thy foot.
       Rain seldom falls in Egypt; the land being chiefly watered by
       the inundations of the Nile.  In order to water the grounds
       where the inundations do not extend, water is collected in
       ponds, and directed in streamlets to the different parts of
       the field where irrigation is necessary.  It is no unusual
       thing in the East to see a man, with a small mattock, making a
       little trench for the water to run into; and, as he opens the
       passage, the water following, he uses his foot to raise up the
       mould against the side of this little channel, to prevent the
       water from being shed unnecessarily, before it reaches the
       place of its destination.  Hence he may justly be said to
       water the ground with his foot.

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