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a square of two feet four inches. On the eastern side of the gal-
lery, the passage turned to the south, and was so full of dirt and
hats' dung, that it was with great difficulty he arrived at the
chamber. M. Mevnard came into the passage near the door,
hut being a good deal troubled with the dirt and want of air, did
not proceed further. Mr. Davison perceived that the chamber
was directly above the King's, and was floored with the reverse
of the granite blocks that formed the ceiling of that apartment.
It was four feet longer than the chamber below, which was covered
in by seven entire blocks, and only by the half of those next
the sides, whilst the floor of this chamber was composed of
the whole of the nine. The breadth of it was the same as
that of the King's. The ceiling consisted of eight slabs of
polished granite.8
Mr. Davison then examined the excavation of the niche in the
Queen's Chamber, but without making any discovery.
He afterwards returned to the supposed end of the entrance
passage, which has been already mentioned, and found that it
proceeded into the building.9 He entered it for the length of
one hundred and thirty-one feet, and says, " the descent, except
the first four feet and a half, is cut in the rock ; at the end of one
hundred and thirty-one feet, I found it so filled up with earth,
that there was no possibility of proceeding."
Mr. Davison then copied the hieroglyphics in the cliffs oppo-
site the north-western angle of the Second Pyramid. In one of his
letters to Professor White, he states that the Great Pyramid was
the only one open at Gizeh ; and in answer to a letter from that
person, he writes from Lisbon, 10th October, 1779, that he had
not perceived any hieroglyphics upon any of the stones belonging
to the Pyramids, but that he had not ascended to the top of the
Second. He adds, that although almost all the casing of the two
larger Pyramids at Gizeh had been removed, yet that, from what
remained upon the Second, he had no doubt that both had been
covered over with stones of this shape / so as to form
a smooth surface from top to bottom. With respect to the Third,
' It does not appear that any thing was found in it, nor are any quarry-marks
mentioned.
This passage was afterwards cleared out to the bottom by M. Caviglia, who,
111 d°'"g so, unexpectedly opened the well, and also discovered the subterraneous
apartment.
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a square of two feet four inches. On the eastern side of the gal-
lery, the passage turned to the south, and was so full of dirt and
hats' dung, that it was with great difficulty he arrived at the
chamber. M. Mevnard came into the passage near the door,
hut being a good deal troubled with the dirt and want of air, did
not proceed further. Mr. Davison perceived that the chamber
was directly above the King's, and was floored with the reverse
of the granite blocks that formed the ceiling of that apartment.
It was four feet longer than the chamber below, which was covered
in by seven entire blocks, and only by the half of those next
the sides, whilst the floor of this chamber was composed of
the whole of the nine. The breadth of it was the same as
that of the King's. The ceiling consisted of eight slabs of
polished granite.8
Mr. Davison then examined the excavation of the niche in the
Queen's Chamber, but without making any discovery.
He afterwards returned to the supposed end of the entrance
passage, which has been already mentioned, and found that it
proceeded into the building.9 He entered it for the length of
one hundred and thirty-one feet, and says, " the descent, except
the first four feet and a half, is cut in the rock ; at the end of one
hundred and thirty-one feet, I found it so filled up with earth,
that there was no possibility of proceeding."
Mr. Davison then copied the hieroglyphics in the cliffs oppo-
site the north-western angle of the Second Pyramid. In one of his
letters to Professor White, he states that the Great Pyramid was
the only one open at Gizeh ; and in answer to a letter from that
person, he writes from Lisbon, 10th October, 1779, that he had
not perceived any hieroglyphics upon any of the stones belonging
to the Pyramids, but that he had not ascended to the top of the
Second. He adds, that although almost all the casing of the two
larger Pyramids at Gizeh had been removed, yet that, from what
remained upon the Second, he had no doubt that both had been
covered over with stones of this shape / so as to form
a smooth surface from top to bottom. With respect to the Third,
' It does not appear that any thing was found in it, nor are any quarry-marks
mentioned.
This passage was afterwards cleared out to the bottom by M. Caviglia, who,
111 d°'"g so, unexpectedly opened the well, and also discovered the subterraneous
apartment.
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