Note A — EGYPT.
Joseph Thacher Clarke translation
The measurements in the text are the mean of the results attained by the French academicians in 1799, and by Colonel Howard Vyse in 1837. The recent measurements of Mr. Thomas Inglis make the north side 231.64 m., the south 231.49 m., the east and west sides alike 231.19 m., or an average of 231.38 m.