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RETURN PROM UPPER EGYPT.
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January 17th, 1837. It informed me, that the works in
the Great Pyramid were much advanced; that in the
Second1 he had discovered a passage, communicating by
a pit with the lower descending passage; and that he had
proceeded with the excavation on the northern front in
search of a lower entrance, which he hoped to find in a
few days. That at the Third Pyramid he was already
within sixty feet of the centre. And that he had been
also employed on some mummy-pits. He likewise added,
that his discovery in the Second Pyramid had excited
the envy of the French to such a degree, that Colonel
Campbell had been obliged to exert himself with the
government to secure the exclusive privileges granted by
the firmaun.2
On approaching the town, I met a number of mounted
Bedouins, their horses, and several that I saw in the
town were very bad, and many of them only two years
old. Colts of the same age are used in Syria, which
might be adduced as an instance in favour of early train-
ing ; indeed, in that country, old horses do not appear
to stand fatigue.
23d. — Having expressed my acknowledgments to the
governor for the assistance I had received from him, I
left Benisouef at six o'clock, and arrived at Gizeh on the
following evening, when I went to Cairo, and returned
1 See vertical section of Second Pyramid.
2 It will subsequently be seen what progress M. Caviglia Lad made
in the three pyramids, particularly in the third, where, by Mr. Perring's
admeasurement, his excavation had only arrived at the length of six feet
on the 13th of February.
137
January 17th, 1837. It informed me, that the works in
the Great Pyramid were much advanced; that in the
Second1 he had discovered a passage, communicating by
a pit with the lower descending passage; and that he had
proceeded with the excavation on the northern front in
search of a lower entrance, which he hoped to find in a
few days. That at the Third Pyramid he was already
within sixty feet of the centre. And that he had been
also employed on some mummy-pits. He likewise added,
that his discovery in the Second Pyramid had excited
the envy of the French to such a degree, that Colonel
Campbell had been obliged to exert himself with the
government to secure the exclusive privileges granted by
the firmaun.2
On approaching the town, I met a number of mounted
Bedouins, their horses, and several that I saw in the
town were very bad, and many of them only two years
old. Colts of the same age are used in Syria, which
might be adduced as an instance in favour of early train-
ing ; indeed, in that country, old horses do not appear
to stand fatigue.
23d. — Having expressed my acknowledgments to the
governor for the assistance I had received from him, I
left Benisouef at six o'clock, and arrived at Gizeh on the
following evening, when I went to Cairo, and returned
1 See vertical section of Second Pyramid.
2 It will subsequently be seen what progress M. Caviglia Lad made
in the three pyramids, particularly in the third, where, by Mr. Perring's
admeasurement, his excavation had only arrived at the length of six feet
on the 13th of February.