Histories

It was these who dragged the great and long blocks of stone which were brought in this king's reign to the temple of Hephaestus; and it was they who were compelled to dig all the canals which are now in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, and involuntarily made what had been a land of horses and carts empty of these.

For from this time Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, although a level land, could use no horses or carts, because there were so many canals going every which way. The reason why the king thus intersected the country was this:

those Egyptians whose towns were not on the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile, but inland from it, lacked water whenever the flood left their land, and drank only brackish water from wells.