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vertical direction he supposed the Southern Air Channel
to take. He was so good as to allow me to read some
papers he had written on the mystical purposes for which
he believed these buildings to have been applied ; together
with a printed account of his discoveries some years since
at the Sphinx. I proposed that he should go to the
Pyramids, and carry on operations at the Air Channels
at my expense, but he declined doing so ; and having
afterwards mentioned the subject to Mr. Sloane (the vice-
consul, and Mr. Caviglia's intimate friend), that gentleman
also informed me, that he knew Mr. Caviglia would not
at that time engage in such an undertaking.
Accordingly, dismissing the subject from my mind,
I left Alexandria for Beyroot on the 26th of February.
After a tour in Syria, Asia Minor, &c, I again arrived
at Alexandria on the 25th of October, with tbe intention
of going to Thebes and Wady Haifa, and, if an oppor-
tunity offered, of visiting also Mount Sinai, and then
of returning to England by Italy and the Rhine; for,
at that time, I had not the remotest idea of engaging in
any operations at the Pyramids.
Soon after my arrival, however, Mr. Sloane men-
tioned that it was proposed to procure a firmaun for
Colonel Campbell, himself, and me, who were to pay
equal shares; and that Mr. Caviglia was to superintend
the operations. I had several conversations with Colonel
Campbell and Mr. Sloane about this business; and had
subsequently frequent interviews with Mr. Caviglia, who
was extremely sanguine, particularly about the apartments
to which the Air Channels in the Great Pyramid were
supposed to lead.
On the 2d of November I paid my first subscription
to take. He was so good as to allow me to read some
papers he had written on the mystical purposes for which
he believed these buildings to have been applied ; together
with a printed account of his discoveries some years since
at the Sphinx. I proposed that he should go to the
Pyramids, and carry on operations at the Air Channels
at my expense, but he declined doing so ; and having
afterwards mentioned the subject to Mr. Sloane (the vice-
consul, and Mr. Caviglia's intimate friend), that gentleman
also informed me, that he knew Mr. Caviglia would not
at that time engage in such an undertaking.
Accordingly, dismissing the subject from my mind,
I left Alexandria for Beyroot on the 26th of February.
After a tour in Syria, Asia Minor, &c, I again arrived
at Alexandria on the 25th of October, with tbe intention
of going to Thebes and Wady Haifa, and, if an oppor-
tunity offered, of visiting also Mount Sinai, and then
of returning to England by Italy and the Rhine; for,
at that time, I had not the remotest idea of engaging in
any operations at the Pyramids.
Soon after my arrival, however, Mr. Sloane men-
tioned that it was proposed to procure a firmaun for
Colonel Campbell, himself, and me, who were to pay
equal shares; and that Mr. Caviglia was to superintend
the operations. I had several conversations with Colonel
Campbell and Mr. Sloane about this business; and had
subsequently frequent interviews with Mr. Caviglia, who
was extremely sanguine, particularly about the apartments
to which the Air Channels in the Great Pyramid were
supposed to lead.
On the 2d of November I paid my first subscription