"Masser" Quotes from Famous Books
... (that is, the Great Nile,) like the Neel 40 Masser or Nile of Egypt, is fullest in the month of August, when it overflows in some places where the banks are low; the water which overflows is seldom above midleg; the banks are covered with reeds, with which they make mats. Camels, sheep, goats, and horses, feed upon the banks, but during ... — An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa • Abd Salam Shabeeny |