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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
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tenant of the Hugh Lindsay, to express my regret that
the tomb near the Sphinx, in which he took a particular
interest, had not been cleared out, and to offer to com-
plete it. He gave his consent, and desired to share in
the expense, which I declined, but requested him to in-
form M. Caviglia of the circumstance, as I did not choose
to interfere, on my own account, with any of the excava-
tions, which that gentleman had undertaken in his search
for mummies.
February 28th.
Reis, 7. Men, 95. Children, 51.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation on southern front.
- Excavation on northern front.
- King's Chamber.
- Davison's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Lower Entrance.
- Excavation for base at north-western angle.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Sphinx. Boring near the shoulder, and near the tail.
Campbell's Tomb.
The morning was cold and foggy, and at first every
object, even the gigantic pyramids, were totally obscured;
but as the atmosphere cleared up, the scene from the
Sphinx became singularly beautiful. The picturesque
forms of the women and children carrying baskets of
sand upon their heads on the undulating mounds near
Campbell's Tomb, the finely broken foreground extending
to the rocks at the Southern Dyke, and the enormous
masses of the ruined temple on the rising ground before
the Second Pyramid were in the finest breadth of light
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tenant of the Hugh Lindsay, to express my regret that
the tomb near the Sphinx, in which he took a particular
interest, had not been cleared out, and to offer to com-
plete it. He gave his consent, and desired to share in
the expense, which I declined, but requested him to in-
form M. Caviglia of the circumstance, as I did not choose
to interfere, on my own account, with any of the excava-
tions, which that gentleman had undertaken in his search
for mummies.
February 28th.
Reis, 7. Men, 95. Children, 51.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation on southern front.
- Excavation on northern front.
- King's Chamber.
- Davison's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Lower Entrance.
- Excavation for base at north-western angle.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
- Excavation for base at north-eastern angle.
Sphinx. Boring near the shoulder, and near the tail.
Campbell's Tomb.
The morning was cold and foggy, and at first every
object, even the gigantic pyramids, were totally obscured;
but as the atmosphere cleared up, the scene from the
Sphinx became singularly beautiful. The picturesque
forms of the women and children carrying baskets of
sand upon their heads on the undulating mounds near
Campbell's Tomb, the finely broken foreground extending
to the rocks at the Southern Dyke, and the enormous
masses of the ruined temple on the rising ground before
the Second Pyramid were in the finest breadth of light