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170 OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
I began to bore through the shoulder of the Sphinx,
in order to ascertain whether or not it was hollow. The
head seems to have been painted red, and upon the top
of it there was a cleft four or five feet deep.
I called on Prince Piickler Muskau, who was en-
camped in the plain, with a considerable suite of the
Pacha's people, janissaries, camels, horses, &c. In the
evening he sent a message by his physician that he would
pay me a visit on the following day.
February 24.<th.
Reis, 7. Men, 99. Children, 06.
Great Pyramid. — Excavation on southern front.
-- King's Chamber.
- Davison's Chamber.
- Northern Air-channel.
Second Pyramid. — Lower Entrance.
- Excavation for base at north-western angle.
- Quarries.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Bridge in the southern dyke.
Sphinx. Boring.
I discharged Selim at his own request, and sent a
letter by him to Colonel Campbell.
Some desert sand, probably fillings in, had been found
in the excavation made for the chisel in the King's
Chamber. The Northern Air-channel was given up, as
the men were unable to break, or to draw out the stones,
with which it was filled. The depth of the boring at
the Sphinx was nine feet eight inches.
The prince paid me a long visit. Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash (another able engineer) arrived. I went round
I began to bore through the shoulder of the Sphinx,
in order to ascertain whether or not it was hollow. The
head seems to have been painted red, and upon the top
of it there was a cleft four or five feet deep.
I called on Prince Piickler Muskau, who was en-
camped in the plain, with a considerable suite of the
Pacha's people, janissaries, camels, horses, &c. In the
evening he sent a message by his physician that he would
pay me a visit on the following day.
February 24.<th.
Reis, 7. Men, 99. Children, 06.
Great Pyramid. — Excavation on southern front.
-- King's Chamber.
- Davison's Chamber.
- Northern Air-channel.
Second Pyramid. — Lower Entrance.
- Excavation for base at north-western angle.
- Quarries.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Bridge in the southern dyke.
Sphinx. Boring.
I discharged Selim at his own request, and sent a
letter by him to Colonel Campbell.
Some desert sand, probably fillings in, had been found
in the excavation made for the chisel in the King's
Chamber. The Northern Air-channel was given up, as
the men were unable to break, or to draw out the stones,
with which it was filled. The depth of the boring at
the Sphinx was nine feet eight inches.
The prince paid me a long visit. Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash (another able engineer) arrived. I went round