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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
271
In proceeding to the pyramids, the Kamseen wind
was extremely violent. Near the village of Cafr el Batran
I was met by two men, who stretched out a red ribbon
before my donkey, to intimate that I must stop and give
a backshish to two sons of a Sheik, who had just been
married. I found that it was a usual custom in this
part of the country, and I therefore complied with it.
The bridegrooms were fine-looking lads ; their red caps,
and blankets, were new and clean, and their hands were
stained red with henna.7
The shaft in the centre of the Third Pyramid was
fifty feet deep, but had not led to the discovery of any
apartment or passage. Some green idols were found in
the southern part of the fosse at Campbell's Tomb.
May 2Uh.
Reis, 8. Men, 146. Children, 168.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
If a Consul abuses his power, he should be deprived of his situation j
but in the proper exercise of his authority, he should be supported, and
not be liable to such penalties as Mr. Barker has incurred, or with which
Mr. Farren had been threatened, in 1836, in consequence of a transaction
at Damascus. At all events, some more effectual power than that which
now exists should be provided to control the rabble of Maltese, Ionians,
and, I may add, of British adventurers, of every class and description,
who seek in Egypt, and in the East, for employment, which their crimes
and notoriety prevent their attaining in their own countries.
T A red dye (said to be composed of minium), was used by the
Romans, on joyful and triumphant occasions. Could this custom have
been deduced from Egypt? The application of henna, and also of
indigo, appears to have been of great antiquity, and to have prevailed
formerly amongst the savages that inhabited Europe, as it does at pre-
sent amongst most others in every part of the world.
271
In proceeding to the pyramids, the Kamseen wind
was extremely violent. Near the village of Cafr el Batran
I was met by two men, who stretched out a red ribbon
before my donkey, to intimate that I must stop and give
a backshish to two sons of a Sheik, who had just been
married. I found that it was a usual custom in this
part of the country, and I therefore complied with it.
The bridegrooms were fine-looking lads ; their red caps,
and blankets, were new and clean, and their hands were
stained red with henna.7
The shaft in the centre of the Third Pyramid was
fifty feet deep, but had not led to the discovery of any
apartment or passage. Some green idols were found in
the southern part of the fosse at Campbell's Tomb.
May 2Uh.
Reis, 8. Men, 146. Children, 168.
Great Pyramid.—Excavation in southern front.
- Excavation in northern front.
If a Consul abuses his power, he should be deprived of his situation j
but in the proper exercise of his authority, he should be supported, and
not be liable to such penalties as Mr. Barker has incurred, or with which
Mr. Farren had been threatened, in 1836, in consequence of a transaction
at Damascus. At all events, some more effectual power than that which
now exists should be provided to control the rabble of Maltese, Ionians,
and, I may add, of British adventurers, of every class and description,
who seek in Egypt, and in the East, for employment, which their crimes
and notoriety prevent their attaining in their own countries.
T A red dye (said to be composed of minium), was used by the
Romans, on joyful and triumphant occasions. Could this custom have
been deduced from Egypt? The application of henna, and also of
indigo, appears to have been of great antiquity, and to have prevailed
formerly amongst the savages that inhabited Europe, as it does at pre-
sent amongst most others in every part of the world.