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42 OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
stained and blackened by fire, but Mr. Perring was not
of that opinion. It is to be observed, that the fire might
have been made by travellers for the purpose of ventilation.
Tbis chamber was surveyed and measured by Mr. Mash,
and Mr. Andrews, and subsequently examined by Mr.
Perring.
After inspecting the other works, and paying off the
people, I went in the evening to Cairo with Mr. Mash,
Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Hill.
July 2d.—As several of the horses belonging to the
Shereef of Mecca, which I saw at the Pyramids, were
clever, and as I naturally concluded that he would have
some of the highest breed, I sent a message by Ibrahim,
my Coptic servant, who occasionally acted as dragoman,
with a request to see them. The Shereef returned a very
civil invitation, and I accordingly paid him a visit at a
handsome palace belonging to Hassan Bey, which had
been appointed by the Pacha for his residence. It was
pleasantly situated in a garden, in which was the Hareem ;
and during the inundation, it had the advantage of an
extensive lake or pond.
The Shereef was about fifty years of age, had a dark
complexion, and a pleasing countenance. He wore a yel-
low robe, and, like the rest of the people from the Hedjas,
a very flat turban. Two of his sons were seated with him
on a divan ; they were good-looking young men, had very
large eyes, and greatly resembled the pictures of East
Indian princes in Asiatic designs. They were dressed in
the Turkish fashion, but with white embroidered skull-
caps, and flat turbans, which were extremely becoming;
and they had upon the whole a mild and dignified appear-
stained and blackened by fire, but Mr. Perring was not
of that opinion. It is to be observed, that the fire might
have been made by travellers for the purpose of ventilation.
Tbis chamber was surveyed and measured by Mr. Mash,
and Mr. Andrews, and subsequently examined by Mr.
Perring.
After inspecting the other works, and paying off the
people, I went in the evening to Cairo with Mr. Mash,
Mr. Andrews, and Mr. Hill.
July 2d.—As several of the horses belonging to the
Shereef of Mecca, which I saw at the Pyramids, were
clever, and as I naturally concluded that he would have
some of the highest breed, I sent a message by Ibrahim,
my Coptic servant, who occasionally acted as dragoman,
with a request to see them. The Shereef returned a very
civil invitation, and I accordingly paid him a visit at a
handsome palace belonging to Hassan Bey, which had
been appointed by the Pacha for his residence. It was
pleasantly situated in a garden, in which was the Hareem ;
and during the inundation, it had the advantage of an
extensive lake or pond.
The Shereef was about fifty years of age, had a dark
complexion, and a pleasing countenance. He wore a yel-
low robe, and, like the rest of the people from the Hedjas,
a very flat turban. Two of his sons were seated with him
on a divan ; they were good-looking young men, had very
large eyes, and greatly resembled the pictures of East
Indian princes in Asiatic designs. They were dressed in
the Turkish fashion, but with white embroidered skull-
caps, and flat turbans, which were extremely becoming;
and they had upon the whole a mild and dignified appear-