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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII. 205
pyramid, and a number of round ones about twelve inches
in diameter, and eight or ten inches deep. The latter
are in rows about five feet asunder, principally before the
north-eastern angle of the building, where the blocks of
stone would have been brought by the northern dyke. '
There is also a remarkable groove, or trench, which, as
well as the holes, seems to have been used in the erection
of scaffolding, or of machinery when the pyramid was built.
The excavation had arrived within a short distance of the
centre of the Third Pyramid; and we were in daily ex-
pectation of meeting with the granite lining of an apart-
ment. But as it was necessary to enlarge the shaft, little
progress was made for some days. The great depth at
which we had now arrived in Campbell's Tomb, made the
clearing of the sand very difficult, and laborious.
March 30/h.
Reis, 7. Men, 135. Children, 140.
The same works were repeated.
The hole into Wellington's Chamber being practicable,
I examined it with Mr. Hill. The floor was unequal, as
it was composed of the reverse of the blocks of granite,
that formed the ceiling of Davison's Chamber. It was
entirely empty, excepting one piece of stone thrown into
it by blasting. Not an insect or a bat'appeared, nor the
traces of any living animal. There had not been, indeed,
any doorway or entrance; and although some of the
granite blocks in the southern and northern walls had
lugs, or projections, yet the stones composing the roof
rested upon them — so that it was impossible that they
could have been moved up as a portcullis. This
pyramid, and a number of round ones about twelve inches
in diameter, and eight or ten inches deep. The latter
are in rows about five feet asunder, principally before the
north-eastern angle of the building, where the blocks of
stone would have been brought by the northern dyke. '
There is also a remarkable groove, or trench, which, as
well as the holes, seems to have been used in the erection
of scaffolding, or of machinery when the pyramid was built.
The excavation had arrived within a short distance of the
centre of the Third Pyramid; and we were in daily ex-
pectation of meeting with the granite lining of an apart-
ment. But as it was necessary to enlarge the shaft, little
progress was made for some days. The great depth at
which we had now arrived in Campbell's Tomb, made the
clearing of the sand very difficult, and laborious.
March 30/h.
Reis, 7. Men, 135. Children, 140.
The same works were repeated.
The hole into Wellington's Chamber being practicable,
I examined it with Mr. Hill. The floor was unequal, as
it was composed of the reverse of the blocks of granite,
that formed the ceiling of Davison's Chamber. It was
entirely empty, excepting one piece of stone thrown into
it by blasting. Not an insect or a bat'appeared, nor the
traces of any living animal. There had not been, indeed,
any doorway or entrance; and although some of the
granite blocks in the southern and northern walls had
lugs, or projections, yet the stones composing the roof
rested upon them — so that it was impossible that they
could have been moved up as a portcullis. This