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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII. 237
night from the Third Pyramid, under pretence of having
heen ill treated by Jack. I sent the men to then-
respective villages. Upon inquiry, it appeared that they
had totally neglected their work, and had been found
fast asleep.
April 30th.—I sent for the Sheik of Koum el Eswith,
and represented to him the ill conduct of the men on the
preceding night. He promised to send a better party;
but, in the evening, the same men appeared. He was,
therefore, again summoned, and attended at last with a
different set.
May 1st.
Reis, 8. Men, 74. Children, 79.
The same works were repeated.
Some men were employed during the night at the ex-
cavation near Nelson's Chamber; but it was afterwards
determined that a party, at an advanced price of three
piastres, should come very early in the morning, and work
through the day under the superintendence of Daoud.
I wrote again to Nayler Bey about the sick people.
May 2d.
Reis, 9. Men, 107. Children, 106.
The same works were repeated.
Several Arab chiefs came. Red quarry marks were
owing to the form of the pyramid, the upper end of the passage, near the
exterior, has no great weight to support.
The courses are inclined near the entrance, but gradually become
horizontal, like the rest of the building. The blocks, forming the sides
of the passage, are laid perpendicularly to it.
night from the Third Pyramid, under pretence of having
heen ill treated by Jack. I sent the men to then-
respective villages. Upon inquiry, it appeared that they
had totally neglected their work, and had been found
fast asleep.
April 30th.—I sent for the Sheik of Koum el Eswith,
and represented to him the ill conduct of the men on the
preceding night. He promised to send a better party;
but, in the evening, the same men appeared. He was,
therefore, again summoned, and attended at last with a
different set.
May 1st.
Reis, 8. Men, 74. Children, 79.
The same works were repeated.
Some men were employed during the night at the ex-
cavation near Nelson's Chamber; but it was afterwards
determined that a party, at an advanced price of three
piastres, should come very early in the morning, and work
through the day under the superintendence of Daoud.
I wrote again to Nayler Bey about the sick people.
May 2d.
Reis, 9. Men, 107. Children, 106.
The same works were repeated.
Several Arab chiefs came. Red quarry marks were
owing to the form of the pyramid, the upper end of the passage, near the
exterior, has no great weight to support.
The courses are inclined near the entrance, but gradually become
horizontal, like the rest of the building. The blocks, forming the sides
of the passage, are laid perpendicularly to it.