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OPERATIONS CARRIED OJf AT GIZEH.
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other respects, and as it would, at all events, shew the
level of the building.
Captain Demay, Mr. Mash, and Mr. Perring came;
and Sir Robert Arbuthnot brought me a letter of introduc-
tion from Colonel Campbell.
May 4th.
Reis, 9. Men, 56. Children, 52.
The same works were repeated.
Captain Demay and Mr. Hill went to Cairo. The
stone at the Fourth Pyramid was blasted, but no passage
was discovered. I directed that this excavation should be
carried on to the centre, for the reasons already men-
tioned.
I became extremely anxious to finish my operations
before the inundation of the Nile, and therefore sent again
to the Sheiks of the different villages for more men. My
applications were not, however, attended with much suc-
cess, unless the weather was extremely hot, when the
corn could not be safely carried, on account of its shed-
ding. On these occasions a considerable number of
people came to work, and the Sheiks took great merit to
themselves, and boasted of their exertions in my service.
I did not observe any interference on the part of the
Pacha's officers at either of these villages during the
harvest; but there was no reason to suppose that they
were exempt from the usual contributions in agricultural
produce and in cattle.
The Egyptians have remained for many ages in the
most abject condition; but it may be doubted whether
their situation was at any period more calamitous than it
is at present, although they enjoy the inestimable benefit
239
other respects, and as it would, at all events, shew the
level of the building.
Captain Demay, Mr. Mash, and Mr. Perring came;
and Sir Robert Arbuthnot brought me a letter of introduc-
tion from Colonel Campbell.
May 4th.
Reis, 9. Men, 56. Children, 52.
The same works were repeated.
Captain Demay and Mr. Hill went to Cairo. The
stone at the Fourth Pyramid was blasted, but no passage
was discovered. I directed that this excavation should be
carried on to the centre, for the reasons already men-
tioned.
I became extremely anxious to finish my operations
before the inundation of the Nile, and therefore sent again
to the Sheiks of the different villages for more men. My
applications were not, however, attended with much suc-
cess, unless the weather was extremely hot, when the
corn could not be safely carried, on account of its shed-
ding. On these occasions a considerable number of
people came to work, and the Sheiks took great merit to
themselves, and boasted of their exertions in my service.
I did not observe any interference on the part of the
Pacha's officers at either of these villages during the
harvest; but there was no reason to suppose that they
were exempt from the usual contributions in agricultural
produce and in cattle.
The Egyptians have remained for many ages in the
most abject condition; but it may be doubted whether
their situation was at any period more calamitous than it
is at present, although they enjoy the inestimable benefit