Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard: Operations carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into upper Egypt, and Appendix (Band 1) (London, 1840)

PREFACE.

xix

that the magnificent casing-stones discovered at
the base of the Great Pyramid were so much
defaced, even during the time that I remained
at Gizeh, that I thought it my duty, upon leaving
the place, to cover them again with a considerable
quantity of rubbish, and thereby to do all in my
power to protect from further injury one of the
most interesting features of these unrivalled monu-
ments. I am sorry to add, that my precautions
were unsuccessful, and that I have been subse-
quently informed that the blocks have been
again uncovered and much injured.

The following narration is chiefly composed
from a regular journal of the daily occurrences,
as they severally happened ; and I have to observe,
that it was written in 1838, notwithstanding the
great delay, which has taken place in its publica-
tion, owing to the number of plates, to my own in-
experience, and to other incidental causes, which
have also unfortunately made a list of errata neces-
sary; and the reader's attention is particularly
requested to these inaccuracies, and likewise to
lists of corrections made by hand, which are
added in order to prevent mistakes although every
copy has been carefully examined.

I cannot conclude these prefatory observations
without returning my best thanks to Mr. Birch