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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
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the bulk of the masonry too great, for the wind to
penetrate through the building, I can only account for
these currents by supposing, that they arose from the
lower excavations which were afterwards discovered in
the interior of the pyramid, and which had a communi-
cation with the regular entrance; but then these exca-
vations were distant from the gallery, and the regular
entrance was also on the northern side, and completely
buried under blocks of granite, rubbish, and sand. Simi-
lar gusts of wind were afterwards very perceptible in the
gallery made from the northern front to the centre of
the Fourth Pyramid; but the joints of this building
were more open, and its bulk much less. I again ex-
amined the hieroglyphics on the rocks near the Second
Pyramid.
March 5th. — I went to Cairo and got another janis-
sary in the room of Osman. I saw Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash, who agreed to return with me to the Pyramids
on the following day ; I also called upon Col. Campbell,
and informed him how matters went on at the tomb.
March 6th.
Reis, 7. Men, 137. Children, 112.
The same works were repeated.
I left Cairo in the afternoon with Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash, in a most violent kamseen wind, by which, in
crossing the Nile, we were exposed to some danger.
The sky was completely obscured with sand, and the sun
appeared as if eclipsed ; the blast was hot, and affected
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the bulk of the masonry too great, for the wind to
penetrate through the building, I can only account for
these currents by supposing, that they arose from the
lower excavations which were afterwards discovered in
the interior of the pyramid, and which had a communi-
cation with the regular entrance; but then these exca-
vations were distant from the gallery, and the regular
entrance was also on the northern side, and completely
buried under blocks of granite, rubbish, and sand. Simi-
lar gusts of wind were afterwards very perceptible in the
gallery made from the northern front to the centre of
the Fourth Pyramid; but the joints of this building
were more open, and its bulk much less. I again ex-
amined the hieroglyphics on the rocks near the Second
Pyramid.
March 5th. — I went to Cairo and got another janis-
sary in the room of Osman. I saw Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash, who agreed to return with me to the Pyramids
on the following day ; I also called upon Col. Campbell,
and informed him how matters went on at the tomb.
March 6th.
Reis, 7. Men, 137. Children, 112.
The same works were repeated.
I left Cairo in the afternoon with Mr. Perring and
Mr. Mash, in a most violent kamseen wind, by which, in
crossing the Nile, we were exposed to some danger.
The sky was completely obscured with sand, and the sun
appeared as if eclipsed ; the blast was hot, and affected