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2d.— I examined the above-mentioned antiquities. It
is remarkable that all these idols/ and many more sub-
sequently found, differed from each other, either in phy-
siognomy, or in inscription. Some of them appeared to
have been portraits, those made of terra cotta seemed to
have been cast, and afterwards inscribed. Selim arrived
with the boring-rods, several of which were missing, and
were never afterwards recovered. I concluded that they
were taken out of the box at the factory ; as I had no
reason to suspect the janissary of dishonesty, or of care-
lessness. He returned in the evening to Cairo, with my
English servant, who had been suddenly attacked by
fever.
M. Caviglia informed me that Colonel Campbell had
authorised M. Piozan to advance for him another sub-
scription during his intended absence in Upper Egypt.
A party was sent to remove the rubbish from the
northern front of the Second Pyramid.
At night there was a heavy storm of wind and rain.
3d.— Instead of the party at the Second Pyramid,
thirteen women and children were employed there.
A few additional men came from an adjacent village ;
but the people worked very badly, and nearly one half of
them sat still, under pretence of relieving the rest. They
4 They represent a human mummy holding a hoe and pickaxe, with
a basket slung over the left shoulder, and are supposed by M. Cham-
pollion, and by other authors, to personify the deceased, equipped for
the mystic cultivation of Hades. These in question bear the name of
Psametik, whose surname is Aahmos, or Amasis, born of Pasht Ertais.
He appears to have been some functionary of state—attached to the
care of the pure abode. — Mb. Birch.
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2d.— I examined the above-mentioned antiquities. It
is remarkable that all these idols/ and many more sub-
sequently found, differed from each other, either in phy-
siognomy, or in inscription. Some of them appeared to
have been portraits, those made of terra cotta seemed to
have been cast, and afterwards inscribed. Selim arrived
with the boring-rods, several of which were missing, and
were never afterwards recovered. I concluded that they
were taken out of the box at the factory ; as I had no
reason to suspect the janissary of dishonesty, or of care-
lessness. He returned in the evening to Cairo, with my
English servant, who had been suddenly attacked by
fever.
M. Caviglia informed me that Colonel Campbell had
authorised M. Piozan to advance for him another sub-
scription during his intended absence in Upper Egypt.
A party was sent to remove the rubbish from the
northern front of the Second Pyramid.
At night there was a heavy storm of wind and rain.
3d.— Instead of the party at the Second Pyramid,
thirteen women and children were employed there.
A few additional men came from an adjacent village ;
but the people worked very badly, and nearly one half of
them sat still, under pretence of relieving the rest. They
4 They represent a human mummy holding a hoe and pickaxe, with
a basket slung over the left shoulder, and are supposed by M. Cham-
pollion, and by other authors, to personify the deceased, equipped for
the mystic cultivation of Hades. These in question bear the name of
Psametik, whose surname is Aahmos, or Amasis, born of Pasht Ertais.
He appears to have been some functionary of state—attached to the
care of the pure abode. — Mb. Birch.
VOL. I. L