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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
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ance. The Cadi of Mecca was also present; he had the
reputation of being learned, and well-informed, was an
intelligent-looking person, and was likewise dressed in
yellow. Two other people, who seemed to be dragomen,
spoke Italian; and the lower end of the room was filled
with attendants.
These Arabs were nearly as black as negroes, and had
a more vigorous and independent air than those either of
Egypt, or of Syria : one of them I particularly remarked ;
he wore a red robe, a crooked dagger, in a broad silver
scabbard, was stuck in his girdle, and a wahabee hand-
kerchief was thrown over his head; his light frame was
replete with vigour; and his thin and handsome features
Were marked with fierce expression ; nothing escaped the
vigilance of his sparkling eyes, which glanced from object
to object with an eager ferocity peculiar to these wild
people.
The Shereef had got Major Felix's book on hierogly-
phics, talked much about the Pyramids, and said that he
had himself entered the great one. I offered to shew him
Mr. Perring's drawings, and the few things of interest
that had been found at Gizeh, and he appointed three
o'clock for that purpose. When I took my leave, he
sent his sons and the Cadi to conduct me to the stables.
(See Appendix.) I do not think that they shewed me
all the horses, and certainly not any that I had seen be-
fore. Those at the Pyramids might indeed have been
furnished from the Pacha's stables, or have belonged to
some of the other chieftains from Mecca; who, as well as
the Shereef, were detained as hostages in Cairo.
I returned at three o'clock with the drawings, &c.
The Shereef was more intelligent than any Arab I had
43
ance. The Cadi of Mecca was also present; he had the
reputation of being learned, and well-informed, was an
intelligent-looking person, and was likewise dressed in
yellow. Two other people, who seemed to be dragomen,
spoke Italian; and the lower end of the room was filled
with attendants.
These Arabs were nearly as black as negroes, and had
a more vigorous and independent air than those either of
Egypt, or of Syria : one of them I particularly remarked ;
he wore a red robe, a crooked dagger, in a broad silver
scabbard, was stuck in his girdle, and a wahabee hand-
kerchief was thrown over his head; his light frame was
replete with vigour; and his thin and handsome features
Were marked with fierce expression ; nothing escaped the
vigilance of his sparkling eyes, which glanced from object
to object with an eager ferocity peculiar to these wild
people.
The Shereef had got Major Felix's book on hierogly-
phics, talked much about the Pyramids, and said that he
had himself entered the great one. I offered to shew him
Mr. Perring's drawings, and the few things of interest
that had been found at Gizeh, and he appointed three
o'clock for that purpose. When I took my leave, he
sent his sons and the Cadi to conduct me to the stables.
(See Appendix.) I do not think that they shewed me
all the horses, and certainly not any that I had seen be-
fore. Those at the Pyramids might indeed have been
furnished from the Pacha's stables, or have belonged to
some of the other chieftains from Mecca; who, as well as
the Shereef, were detained as hostages in Cairo.
I returned at three o'clock with the drawings, &c.
The Shereef was more intelligent than any Arab I had