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| | History of Egypt, by Maspero, Volume 5, Part C. |
 | | Ramses began his reforms by rebuilding the fleet, which, in a country like Egypt, was always an artificial creation, liable to fall into decay, unless a strong and persistent effort were made to keep it in an efficient condition. |
 | | Ramses, informed of their design by the despatches of his officers and vassals, resolved to prevent its accomplishment. |
 | | Ramses boasts, moreover, in an idyllic manner, of having planted trees everywhere, and of having built arbours wherein the people might sit in the shade in the open air; while women might go to and fro where they would in security, no one daring to insult them on the way. |
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