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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
the eyes most painfully. Upon our arrival we examined
the works, which had gone on well.4
March 7th.
Reis, 7. Men, 99. Children, 88.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation on southern front.
- Excavation on 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.
Fourth Pyramid.—Preparing to bore.
It rained early in the morning. The janissary Ach-
met arrived. The Second Pyramid was surveyed ; the
Arabic inscription could not to be discovered in Belzoni's
Chamber. A party was employed in clearing out the
lower passages. The sarcophagus in Belzoni's Chamber
was minutely examined; it was composed of granite,
and of the finest workmanship; the lid was made to
slide on into a dovetail, which it exactly fitted, and it
had been fastened by two pins, which went up into holes
* As several of the Arabs were attacked with ophthalmia, I applied
to Naylor Bey, who had arrived from England for the purpose of esta-
blishing an Ophthalmic Hospital : the Pacha immediately gave him the
rank and decorations of a Bey, and a house called Ater El Nebbi, near
Fostat, for an establishment; he also sent a ship of war to bring his
family from Europe. From some cause or other, however, the establish-
ment was broken up, and, I believe, that Mr. Naylor returned to Europe.
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
the eyes most painfully. Upon our arrival we examined
the works, which had gone on well.4
March 7th.
Reis, 7. Men, 99. Children, 88.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation on southern front.
- Excavation on 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.
Fourth Pyramid.—Preparing to bore.
It rained early in the morning. The janissary Ach-
met arrived. The Second Pyramid was surveyed ; the
Arabic inscription could not to be discovered in Belzoni's
Chamber. A party was employed in clearing out the
lower passages. The sarcophagus in Belzoni's Chamber
was minutely examined; it was composed of granite,
and of the finest workmanship; the lid was made to
slide on into a dovetail, which it exactly fitted, and it
had been fastened by two pins, which went up into holes
* As several of the Arabs were attacked with ophthalmia, I applied
to Naylor Bey, who had arrived from England for the purpose of esta-
blishing an Ophthalmic Hospital : the Pacha immediately gave him the
rank and decorations of a Bey, and a house called Ater El Nebbi, near
Fostat, for an establishment; he also sent a ship of war to bring his
family from Europe. From some cause or other, however, the establish-
ment was broken up, and, I believe, that Mr. Naylor returned to Europe.