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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
The quarry-marks in Nelson's Chamber were copied.
Several Arab Sheiks called. Every evening just before
sunset there were strong gusts of wind, chiefly from the
north and north-west.
April 28th.
Reis, 9. Men, 76. Children, 59.
The same works were repeated.
Mr. Hill inscribed Nelson's great name in the chamber
lately discovered.
April 29th.
Reis, 9. Men, 58. Children, 53.
The same works were repeated.
We had been employed in the interior of the Great
Pyramid, and had just come out from the entrance, when
Dr. and Mrs. Hardy, and Mr. Andrews came up the side
of the building to inspect it.1 They went into the
pyramid, and, after dinner, returned to Cairo with Mr.
Hill, and Mr. Raven. Three Arabs ran away during the
1 This view has been taken from a point rather below the floor of the
entrance, or the surface of the upper tier of stones, which form the fore-
ground, would have been visible, as they are laid at the same angle as the
passage itself, namely, 26-41. The entrance is at some distance from the
stones in the foreground.
The large blocks, placed en decharge over the entrance, have given
rise to many conjectures. Some have imagined that an immense portal
existed, in contradiction not only to antient testimony, but to the internal
evidence of the building itself, by which it is clear that the entrance was
carefully concealed. Others have conceived that a succession of these
stones was placed over the passage, in order to sustain the superincum-
bent weight of the structure; but upon examination, square masonry is
found immediately behind them; and it may also be remarked that
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
The quarry-marks in Nelson's Chamber were copied.
Several Arab Sheiks called. Every evening just before
sunset there were strong gusts of wind, chiefly from the
north and north-west.
April 28th.
Reis, 9. Men, 76. Children, 59.
The same works were repeated.
Mr. Hill inscribed Nelson's great name in the chamber
lately discovered.
April 29th.
Reis, 9. Men, 58. Children, 53.
The same works were repeated.
We had been employed in the interior of the Great
Pyramid, and had just come out from the entrance, when
Dr. and Mrs. Hardy, and Mr. Andrews came up the side
of the building to inspect it.1 They went into the
pyramid, and, after dinner, returned to Cairo with Mr.
Hill, and Mr. Raven. Three Arabs ran away during the
1 This view has been taken from a point rather below the floor of the
entrance, or the surface of the upper tier of stones, which form the fore-
ground, would have been visible, as they are laid at the same angle as the
passage itself, namely, 26-41. The entrance is at some distance from the
stones in the foreground.
The large blocks, placed en decharge over the entrance, have given
rise to many conjectures. Some have imagined that an immense portal
existed, in contradiction not only to antient testimony, but to the internal
evidence of the building itself, by which it is clear that the entrance was
carefully concealed. Others have conceived that a succession of these
stones was placed over the passage, in order to sustain the superincum-
bent weight of the structure; but upon examination, square masonry is
found immediately behind them; and it may also be remarked that