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OPERATION'S CARRIED ON AT GIZEH. 179
five months in superintending the Arabs in the Third
Pyramid. A number of Bedouins came to the works in
the course of the day: this was often the case, as the
pyramids may be considered close to the high road
leading from the Faioum to the Delta, and to Alexandria.
There are shorter routes, but this track, by skirting the
cultivated ground, is more convenient for camels, flocks,
&c. Nothing could exceed the surprise of these savages
at hearing the ticking of a watch, and particularly at
the lucifer matches. After a time, however, the Arab
girls found out the use of the latter, and were very eager
to have them.
March 3d.
Reis, 7. Men, 124. Children, 106.
Great Pyramid—Excavation of southern front.
- Excavation of northern front.
- Davison's Chamber.
- Queen's Chamber.
- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Boring for Lower Entrance.
- Belzoni's Chamber.
■ Passage.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.
The janissary Osman had a dreadful attack of oph-
thalmia, which obliged me to send him into Cairo the
next day. Another operation was begun in the passage
leading to the Queen's Chamber. The upper stone,
which formed the step, was let in on one side under the
superstructure; but the stones beneath it were only
keyed in so that a small reed could be inserted for
several feet along their sides, and they appeared, there-
five months in superintending the Arabs in the Third
Pyramid. A number of Bedouins came to the works in
the course of the day: this was often the case, as the
pyramids may be considered close to the high road
leading from the Faioum to the Delta, and to Alexandria.
There are shorter routes, but this track, by skirting the
cultivated ground, is more convenient for camels, flocks,
&c. Nothing could exceed the surprise of these savages
at hearing the ticking of a watch, and particularly at
the lucifer matches. After a time, however, the Arab
girls found out the use of the latter, and were very eager
to have them.
March 3d.
Reis, 7. Men, 124. Children, 106.
Great Pyramid—Excavation of southern front.
- Excavation of northern front.
- Davison's Chamber.
- Queen's Chamber.
- Passage to Queen's Chamber.
Second Pyramid.—Boring for Lower Entrance.
- Belzoni's Chamber.
■ Passage.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Campbell's Tomb.
The janissary Osman had a dreadful attack of oph-
thalmia, which obliged me to send him into Cairo the
next day. Another operation was begun in the passage
leading to the Queen's Chamber. The upper stone,
which formed the step, was let in on one side under the
superstructure; but the stones beneath it were only
keyed in so that a small reed could be inserted for
several feet along their sides, and they appeared, there-