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one-third larger and heavier; at least ten times
the distance from the Nile, and surrounded by
obstacles which the other had not, the difficulties
and expenses to be incurred would be much
greater in proportion. Notwithstanding, however,
all these difficulties its removal could be accom-
plished with the same facility, with greater secu-
rity, and certainly at one-third the expense
incurred in the removal of that at Luxor. The
French government granted the sum of eight
hundred thousand francs for the removal of this
object, independent of the use of instruments
and other necessary material from the Arsenal at
Toulon; the consequence of which was, that with
the exception of sixty or seventy thousand francs
for the hiring of vessels, the remainder of the

eight hundred thousand francs was appropriated
to the expenses attendant upon the workmen, an
expense not only unnecessary but perfectly super-
fluous.

For example, the French government uniform-
ly employed European workmen, one hundred