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268 OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEH.
was all the accommodation I could offer, was ill calcu-
lated for a large party. I had provided cooks from
Cairo, and a great Turkish dinner was prepared. In the
course of the day, Mr. Hill drew my attention to an Arab,
who was employed to turn a spit, upon which a sheep
was roasting whole over a large fire ; it had been lighted
in an angle made by two walls, with the noon-day sun in
full force upon it. The only protection which the man
had from the rays of the sun was a cotton cap and a
thick blanket; and although he appeared to be, upon
the whole, better done than the sheep, he was perfectly
unconcerned and at his ease. The wedding luckily
afforded an opportunity for getting rid of the sheep, and
of a variety of greasy dishes, for which, however, I never
received any thanks or acknowledgment.
The exact level of the mouth of the northern Air-
channel, on the exterior of the pyramid, was carried
round to the southern front, the centre of which was also
marked, and a reward of one hundred piastres offered to
Abd el Ardi if he could find the mouth of the southern
Channel. It was soon discovered in the same relative
position as the northern.
Mr. Brettel, Mr. Piozan, and the dragoman, in the
evening returned to Cairo.
May 22d.
Iteis, 7. Men, 129. Children, 154.
Great Pyramid. — Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
- Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber.
Second Pyramid. — Roof in Bclzoni's Chamber.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.
was all the accommodation I could offer, was ill calcu-
lated for a large party. I had provided cooks from
Cairo, and a great Turkish dinner was prepared. In the
course of the day, Mr. Hill drew my attention to an Arab,
who was employed to turn a spit, upon which a sheep
was roasting whole over a large fire ; it had been lighted
in an angle made by two walls, with the noon-day sun in
full force upon it. The only protection which the man
had from the rays of the sun was a cotton cap and a
thick blanket; and although he appeared to be, upon
the whole, better done than the sheep, he was perfectly
unconcerned and at his ease. The wedding luckily
afforded an opportunity for getting rid of the sheep, and
of a variety of greasy dishes, for which, however, I never
received any thanks or acknowledgment.
The exact level of the mouth of the northern Air-
channel, on the exterior of the pyramid, was carried
round to the southern front, the centre of which was also
marked, and a reward of one hundred piastres offered to
Abd el Ardi if he could find the mouth of the southern
Channel. It was soon discovered in the same relative
position as the northern.
Mr. Brettel, Mr. Piozan, and the dragoman, in the
evening returned to Cairo.
May 22d.
Iteis, 7. Men, 129. Children, 154.
Great Pyramid. — Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
- Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber.
Second Pyramid. — Roof in Bclzoni's Chamber.
Third Pyramid.—Interior.
Fourth Pyramid.—Interior.