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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
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passage, but it was so effectually closed up, that we did
not derive any advantage from the smoke.
Several Turkish and Egyptian officers came to the
pyramids in the morning; and in the evening a number of
Arab Sheiks and Wahabees also arrived. They remained
some time at the tents, and in the course of conversation
remarked, that I did not make the men work hard enough,
and dismissed them too soon at night.
March 1st.
Reis, 7. Men, 112. Children, 89.
The same works were repeated.
Lord Lindsey and Mr. Ramsey paid me a visit, in-
spected the several works, and returned to Cairo in the
evening.
Some stones were taken up from the pavement at
the Second Pyramid, but without success. The base at
the north-eastern angle of the Third was sufficiently
cleared for the survey. The excavation at the northern
front of the Great Pyramid proceeded rapidly, but, as
the regular passage led to the subterraneous chamber,
I did not expect to find a lower entrance, unless it
conducted to the apartment mentioned by Herodotus.
The ramp, or inclined end of the granite block at the
corner of Davison's Chamber was discovered, which
confirmed me in the idea that there was a large
apartment over it, and that the height of Davison's
Chamber was regulated by the slope of the roof in the
great gallery.
We were disturbed during the night by the firing
of guns, music, &c, and various other riotous demon-
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passage, but it was so effectually closed up, that we did
not derive any advantage from the smoke.
Several Turkish and Egyptian officers came to the
pyramids in the morning; and in the evening a number of
Arab Sheiks and Wahabees also arrived. They remained
some time at the tents, and in the course of conversation
remarked, that I did not make the men work hard enough,
and dismissed them too soon at night.
March 1st.
Reis, 7. Men, 112. Children, 89.
The same works were repeated.
Lord Lindsey and Mr. Ramsey paid me a visit, in-
spected the several works, and returned to Cairo in the
evening.
Some stones were taken up from the pavement at
the Second Pyramid, but without success. The base at
the north-eastern angle of the Third was sufficiently
cleared for the survey. The excavation at the northern
front of the Great Pyramid proceeded rapidly, but, as
the regular passage led to the subterraneous chamber,
I did not expect to find a lower entrance, unless it
conducted to the apartment mentioned by Herodotus.
The ramp, or inclined end of the granite block at the
corner of Davison's Chamber was discovered, which
confirmed me in the idea that there was a large
apartment over it, and that the height of Davison's
Chamber was regulated by the slope of the roof in the
great gallery.
We were disturbed during the night by the firing
of guns, music, &c, and various other riotous demon-
vol. i. n