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APPENDIX.
In some places, particularly on the western side, the casing
still remains. The top of the Pyramid was built entirely with
Arabian stone. The apex had been formed of one block, and the
course below it of four others, 4 feet 9 inches thick ; but in
general the courses towards the top were about 2 feet, and those
near the base, about 3 feet in thickness. The stones are laid in
horizontal courses, and the whole of the masonry is good, and
resembles that of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. The angle at the
apex is nearly a right angle, and the building has on that account
a handsome and solid appearance, and from retaining more of
its original form than the others, it is called by the Arabs,
" Haram Mesinee," the Pointed or Sharp Pyramid. It is also
called " Haram el Wataweet," from the number of bats within it;
and sometimes " Haram e Silsili," on account of a chain said to
have been suspended from the entrance of the passage between
the second and third chambers.
The centre of the entrance is 12 feet G inches to the eastward of
the centre of the northern front, and the bottom of it is 94 feet
perpendicularly higher than the base of the building. The pass-
age is 3 feet 5h inches in width, 3 feet 11£ inches in height, and
has an inclination of 27° 56'. Its original length was 205 feet
6 inches, of which 4 feet 6 inches have been destroyed by the
removal of the external casing. The lower part, and a horizontal
passage, 24 feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 5^ inches wide, and 4 feet
51 inches high, leading from the bottom of it to the first chamber,
were much encumbered with rubbish.
The first chamber is 27 feet 51} inches in length, north and
south, and 11 feet 11 inches east and west. The floor is on a
level with the base of the Pyramid. The four lower courses of
the walls, to the height of 11 feet inches, are perpendicular;
but each of the eleven courses above them sets over nearly
6 inches, so that the ceiling is only 1 foot 2 inches in width. The
two lower projecting courses are 3 feet in thickness; the others
rather more than 2 feet 6 inches; and the height of the chamber
is about 40 feet 4| inches.
A passage, 10 feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 5£ inches wide, and
4 feet 5J inches in height, leads from the south-western corner of
this chamber to another apartment, exactly similar, excepting
that it is about two inches shorter from north to south. The
pavement of this second chamber has been removed, and the room
is full of rubbish. At the end of it, and at the height of 25 feet
APPENDIX.
In some places, particularly on the western side, the casing
still remains. The top of the Pyramid was built entirely with
Arabian stone. The apex had been formed of one block, and the
course below it of four others, 4 feet 9 inches thick ; but in
general the courses towards the top were about 2 feet, and those
near the base, about 3 feet in thickness. The stones are laid in
horizontal courses, and the whole of the masonry is good, and
resembles that of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. The angle at the
apex is nearly a right angle, and the building has on that account
a handsome and solid appearance, and from retaining more of
its original form than the others, it is called by the Arabs,
" Haram Mesinee," the Pointed or Sharp Pyramid. It is also
called " Haram el Wataweet," from the number of bats within it;
and sometimes " Haram e Silsili," on account of a chain said to
have been suspended from the entrance of the passage between
the second and third chambers.
The centre of the entrance is 12 feet G inches to the eastward of
the centre of the northern front, and the bottom of it is 94 feet
perpendicularly higher than the base of the building. The pass-
age is 3 feet 5h inches in width, 3 feet 11£ inches in height, and
has an inclination of 27° 56'. Its original length was 205 feet
6 inches, of which 4 feet 6 inches have been destroyed by the
removal of the external casing. The lower part, and a horizontal
passage, 24 feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 5^ inches wide, and 4 feet
51 inches high, leading from the bottom of it to the first chamber,
were much encumbered with rubbish.
The first chamber is 27 feet 51} inches in length, north and
south, and 11 feet 11 inches east and west. The floor is on a
level with the base of the Pyramid. The four lower courses of
the walls, to the height of 11 feet inches, are perpendicular;
but each of the eleven courses above them sets over nearly
6 inches, so that the ceiling is only 1 foot 2 inches in width. The
two lower projecting courses are 3 feet in thickness; the others
rather more than 2 feet 6 inches; and the height of the chamber
is about 40 feet 4| inches.
A passage, 10 feet 4 inches long, 3 feet 5£ inches wide, and
4 feet 5J inches in height, leads from the south-western corner of
this chamber to another apartment, exactly similar, excepting
that it is about two inches shorter from north to south. The
pavement of this second chamber has been removed, and the room
is full of rubbish. At the end of it, and at the height of 25 feet