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deny Mr. Creares an equal character? This inference,
then, may fairly be drawn, that the winds in those re-
gions have been imperceptibly stripping the sand-covered
sides of this Pyramid, for at least 20Q0 years, instead of
increasing the accumulation. This conclusion, however,
rests not entirely on the accuracy of these stated dimen-
sions. The argument is supported by these further
considerations r
All who have written on the Pyramids, agree in one
point, though scarce any two in many others, that the
sands which cover the surface of the rock, and artí ac-
cumulated about the sides of the Pyramids, are adven-
titious. But by what agency, is the question? Most have
taken it for granted, without further investigation, they
have been brought by the winds : and indeed we read of
wonderful effects thus produced in those regions of the
earth: as tremendous columns of sand, raised by the
Impetuous whirlwinds, to the great terror of the alarmed
travellers: but where do we ever read of these phenomena
becoming stationary even for a day? Common observation
teaches us, that fine sands and pulverized earth, are in-
variably driven by the wind from higher grounds and
summits, and lodged in vales. All readers and travellers
know the surface, whereon the Pyramid stands, is the
summit of an extensive rising ground or covered rock,
at a sufficient distance from the mountains of Lybia, to
give the winds free access to the site, whereon the Py-
ramid is built. And it is directly contrary to common
experience, to attribute that deposite of sand to the
agency of the wind, since the removal of it is rather the
natural and invariable effect of that agitated element.
And that this has been the case with the sands deposited
about the Pyramid, the greater altitude of them at the
G time
deny Mr. Creares an equal character? This inference,
then, may fairly be drawn, that the winds in those re-
gions have been imperceptibly stripping the sand-covered
sides of this Pyramid, for at least 20Q0 years, instead of
increasing the accumulation. This conclusion, however,
rests not entirely on the accuracy of these stated dimen-
sions. The argument is supported by these further
considerations r
All who have written on the Pyramids, agree in one
point, though scarce any two in many others, that the
sands which cover the surface of the rock, and artí ac-
cumulated about the sides of the Pyramids, are adven-
titious. But by what agency, is the question? Most have
taken it for granted, without further investigation, they
have been brought by the winds : and indeed we read of
wonderful effects thus produced in those regions of the
earth: as tremendous columns of sand, raised by the
Impetuous whirlwinds, to the great terror of the alarmed
travellers: but where do we ever read of these phenomena
becoming stationary even for a day? Common observation
teaches us, that fine sands and pulverized earth, are in-
variably driven by the wind from higher grounds and
summits, and lodged in vales. All readers and travellers
know the surface, whereon the Pyramid stands, is the
summit of an extensive rising ground or covered rock,
at a sufficient distance from the mountains of Lybia, to
give the winds free access to the site, whereon the Py-
ramid is built. And it is directly contrary to common
experience, to attribute that deposite of sand to the
agency of the wind, since the removal of it is rather the
natural and invariable effect of that agitated element.
And that this has been the case with the sands deposited
about the Pyramid, the greater altitude of them at the
G time