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APPENDIX.
165
You will perceive that the firman is in the name of Mr.
Caviglia, and it is therefore incumbent on me to explain the
reason of its being so.
When I first applied to the Pacha for the firman, I requested
that it should be made out in your name and in my own jointly.
The firman was accordingly made out in our names, and
addressed to the Moudir, Governor of the district of Ghize.
I sent my dragoman with the firman to the Moudir, in order
that he (the Moudir) should give the necessary instructions to the
Sheiks of the villages in the neighbourhood of the Pyramids, to
afford all the aid of workmen, &c. requisite to carry on the
excavations and operations which you contemplated.
On the receipt of the firman by the Moudir, that person gave
the necessary orders to the Sheiks in writing, but added that
they were to keep strict watch that nothing found there should
be carried off by you or me. I was, as you may suppose, much
annoyed by this improper remark of the Moudir, and went at
eight o'clock on the same night to complain to the Pacha of this
circumstance.
The Pacha appeared to feel the circumstance even more than
I did myself, and in my presence gave orders to deprive the
Moudir of his employment; and then asked me if it would not
facilitate the object in view if the firman should be made out in
the name of the person employed by us to carry on the exca-
vations, and then that person could give his orders direct to the
Sheiks, without any interference on the part of the Moudir, or any
reference to him.
I agreed with the Pacha in this view, and the firman was
accordingly made out in the name of M. Caviglia, the person
employed by us; but had you or I desired it, it would equally
have been made out in the name of any other person you might
have designated. You will perceive, by this plain statement, the
reasons and the object of the firman being issued in the name of
M. Caviglia.
I have only now to felicitate you, Sec*
Believe me to be, with great regard,
My dear Colonel Vyse,
Yours most truly,
PATRICK CAMPBELL.
* The part of this lettei heft Omitted is merely complimentary.
165
You will perceive that the firman is in the name of Mr.
Caviglia, and it is therefore incumbent on me to explain the
reason of its being so.
When I first applied to the Pacha for the firman, I requested
that it should be made out in your name and in my own jointly.
The firman was accordingly made out in our names, and
addressed to the Moudir, Governor of the district of Ghize.
I sent my dragoman with the firman to the Moudir, in order
that he (the Moudir) should give the necessary instructions to the
Sheiks of the villages in the neighbourhood of the Pyramids, to
afford all the aid of workmen, &c. requisite to carry on the
excavations and operations which you contemplated.
On the receipt of the firman by the Moudir, that person gave
the necessary orders to the Sheiks in writing, but added that
they were to keep strict watch that nothing found there should
be carried off by you or me. I was, as you may suppose, much
annoyed by this improper remark of the Moudir, and went at
eight o'clock on the same night to complain to the Pacha of this
circumstance.
The Pacha appeared to feel the circumstance even more than
I did myself, and in my presence gave orders to deprive the
Moudir of his employment; and then asked me if it would not
facilitate the object in view if the firman should be made out in
the name of the person employed by us to carry on the exca-
vations, and then that person could give his orders direct to the
Sheiks, without any interference on the part of the Moudir, or any
reference to him.
I agreed with the Pacha in this view, and the firman was
accordingly made out in the name of M. Caviglia, the person
employed by us; but had you or I desired it, it would equally
have been made out in the name of any other person you might
have designated. You will perceive, by this plain statement, the
reasons and the object of the firman being issued in the name of
M. Caviglia.
I have only now to felicitate you, Sec*
Believe me to be, with great regard,
My dear Colonel Vyse,
Yours most truly,
PATRICK CAMPBELL.
* The part of this lettei heft Omitted is merely complimentary.