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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
ing to the tents from these operations, I received a letter
from Colonel Campbell, informing me, that he gave up
the works carried on under the firmaun, and inclosing a
copy of one, which he had sent to M. Caviglia, to recall
him from the pyramids. Mr. Galloway returned to Cairo.
Mr. Perring and myself passed most part of the night in
examining the interior of the Great Pyramid ; particularly
Davison's chamber, the passage leading to it, and the
excavation made by M. Caviglia on its southern side.
February 13th.
Reis, 7. Men, 78. Children, 57.
Great Pyramid. — Davison's Chamber.
- Northern Air-Channel.
-- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
- King's Chamber.
Third Pyramid. — Temple to the Eastward.
- Excavation between the Temple and Pyramid.
The numbers of people employed are regularly stated, as they varied
considerably from day to day; but, to avoid unnecessary repetition, the
day's works are omitted, when they are the same as the preceding.
With one or two exceptions, no work was done on Sundays. The people
employed at piece-work, and the quarry-men from Cairo, are not included
in these accounts.
M. Caviglia having sent me word, (in consequence,
no doubt, of the letter which he had received from
Colonel Campbell,) that he did not intend to employ
the people, I counted them off, and sent them to the
from the face of the pyramid near it, it is surprising that it had not
been sooner discovered; particularly as, according to M. Caviglia,
sulphur, rope-ends, and pitch had been burnt in the lower part of it,
and " des hommes cxperimentes" sent in various directions over the
exterior, in order to detect its direction by the smell, or by the smoke.
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
ing to the tents from these operations, I received a letter
from Colonel Campbell, informing me, that he gave up
the works carried on under the firmaun, and inclosing a
copy of one, which he had sent to M. Caviglia, to recall
him from the pyramids. Mr. Galloway returned to Cairo.
Mr. Perring and myself passed most part of the night in
examining the interior of the Great Pyramid ; particularly
Davison's chamber, the passage leading to it, and the
excavation made by M. Caviglia on its southern side.
February 13th.
Reis, 7. Men, 78. Children, 57.
Great Pyramid. — Davison's Chamber.
- Northern Air-Channel.
-- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
- King's Chamber.
Third Pyramid. — Temple to the Eastward.
- Excavation between the Temple and Pyramid.
The numbers of people employed are regularly stated, as they varied
considerably from day to day; but, to avoid unnecessary repetition, the
day's works are omitted, when they are the same as the preceding.
With one or two exceptions, no work was done on Sundays. The people
employed at piece-work, and the quarry-men from Cairo, are not included
in these accounts.
M. Caviglia having sent me word, (in consequence,
no doubt, of the letter which he had received from
Colonel Campbell,) that he did not intend to employ
the people, I counted them off, and sent them to the
from the face of the pyramid near it, it is surprising that it had not
been sooner discovered; particularly as, according to M. Caviglia,
sulphur, rope-ends, and pitch had been burnt in the lower part of it,
and " des hommes cxperimentes" sent in various directions over the
exterior, in order to detect its direction by the smell, or by the smoke.