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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
promised to consult with M. Caviglia respecting the pro-
tection. I paid the people in the evening,6 and, upon
his return, gave an account of them to M. Caviglia, and
informed him of the discovery of the sarcophagus, and
of the additional men offered by the Sheiks. He ob-
served, that he did not like to employ more men, as the
weekly bills were already very high. I told him that I
thought he was right about the weekly bills,7 but that,
as time was every thing to me, I would pay the rest
of the people, whom he did not want, and employ them
in distinct operations. He then alleged, that he had
not leisure to attend to any additional works. I stated
that I would undertake both their payment, and super-
intendence, and avoid all interference with his excava-
tions. In the evening Mr. Hill and Mr. Perring arrived.
A smith's forge was established in an adjoining tomb.
At dinner, M. Caviglia produced a programme of his in-
tended operations. I informed him, that I had no objec-
tion to it; and, as I had before stated, that I should
employ the rest of the people according to my own judg-
ment, and at my own expense.
11th.—Mr. Hill went away early in the morning.
6 Their numbers were—men, sixty-eight; women and children,
fifty-three; with Paulo, in the Great Pyramid, four; at the excava-
tion in the Great Pyramid, six; at the excavation in the third pyra-
mid, two.
1 I had repeatedly stated my apprehensions, that Colonel Campbell
would give up the affair on account of the increasing expense, and, as
that might materially embarrass our operations, that I was ready to
advance any reasonable sum, besides our regular contributions; and, in
fact, M. Caviglia had been furnished with provisions, and stores of every
description by Mr. Hill on my account.
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
promised to consult with M. Caviglia respecting the pro-
tection. I paid the people in the evening,6 and, upon
his return, gave an account of them to M. Caviglia, and
informed him of the discovery of the sarcophagus, and
of the additional men offered by the Sheiks. He ob-
served, that he did not like to employ more men, as the
weekly bills were already very high. I told him that I
thought he was right about the weekly bills,7 but that,
as time was every thing to me, I would pay the rest
of the people, whom he did not want, and employ them
in distinct operations. He then alleged, that he had
not leisure to attend to any additional works. I stated
that I would undertake both their payment, and super-
intendence, and avoid all interference with his excava-
tions. In the evening Mr. Hill and Mr. Perring arrived.
A smith's forge was established in an adjoining tomb.
At dinner, M. Caviglia produced a programme of his in-
tended operations. I informed him, that I had no objec-
tion to it; and, as I had before stated, that I should
employ the rest of the people according to my own judg-
ment, and at my own expense.
11th.—Mr. Hill went away early in the morning.
6 Their numbers were—men, sixty-eight; women and children,
fifty-three; with Paulo, in the Great Pyramid, four; at the excava-
tion in the Great Pyramid, six; at the excavation in the third pyra-
mid, two.
1 I had repeatedly stated my apprehensions, that Colonel Campbell
would give up the affair on account of the increasing expense, and, as
that might materially embarrass our operations, that I was ready to
advance any reasonable sum, besides our regular contributions; and, in
fact, M. Caviglia had been furnished with provisions, and stores of every
description by Mr. Hill on my account.