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FROM THE3 LAND OF THE PHARAOHS. 



THE PYRAMIDS AND THE SPHINX. 



Continued from last issue. 



We were drawing near to the largest monuments 

 existing. Although we read and see illustrations 

 of the Pyramids, still it was bewildering, that first 

 sight of those mighty and imposing Pyramids of 

 Gizeh. We visited the greatest of them, built by 

 King Khufu (Cheops of the Greeks), of the 4th Dy- 

 nasty. It is said that this king employed 100,000 

 workmen, building daily during the space of 30 

 years, and it cost 1000 talents of silver, or $1,877,000. 

 It is now 141':j meters high, or about 463 feet. We 

 crawled up and down the high and narrow passages 

 in the interior, conducted by the Bedouins, who are 

 constantly lurking about the place on purpose to 

 guide the visitors. It would be a very difficult task 

 to do without them. The room in which the mum- 

 my was laid is covered by great blocks of granite, 

 from 30 to 40 feet long, and 5 to 6 feet square, lying 

 horizontally on top. We visited the great Sphinx 

 of Harmakhas, 33 meters high and 30 in length. 

 The face is somewhat ruined, owing to the fact that 

 the Mamelukes tried their cannon-balls at it. Close 

 beside is the ruined temple of the Sphinx, built of 

 alabaster and granite. 



THE WINDING BRIDGE AND THE ELEVATED ROADS 

 IN THE VICINITY OF THE NILE. 



We were driving on a long, winding, and elevated 

 road, and landed at a village all surrounded by 

 mud and palm-trees. During the months of the 

 submersion of the Nile, all the fcllahin (the farmers 

 of Egypt) go to Cairo by boats, as being the cheap- 

 est way; and in winter and spring they follow the 

 winding bridge-roads, as they call them. An apiary 

 of about 60 hives, laid horizontally above each oth- 

 er in rows of 10, was the first we saw. They were 



far more regularly built than the ones at Alexan- 

 dria. The female inhabitants only were present, 

 and readily told us every thing they knew about 

 bees and bee-keeping— more freely than our Pales- 

 tine fellahin would. They showed me their imple- 

 ments, much like those of Palestine. They direct- 

 ed me to another village, a few miles away, where I 

 might better satisfy my curiosity. 



A MOHAMMEDAN BEE-KEEPER. 



We soon were on the main winding-bridge road 

 again. After two hours' donkey -back drive we 

 came to Menshiet-el-Bakari, surrounded by a broad 

 ditch of water; but beyond this were endless fields 

 of (white?) clover. They told me it had white 

 blossoms. I knocked at the door of the designated 

 bee-keeper, an old man, a stout Egyptian, 55 years 

 of age, in a long gown of shirting, barefooted, and a 

 small white cap covering the crown of his sheared 

 head. He came forth, shook hands with me, and 

 began : 



" Peace be unto you." My answer, " And to you 

 be peace," was followed by introducing myself to 

 him as an inquisitive bee-keeper coming from the 

 Holy Land, or Land of Damascus, whereupon he 

 bade me welcome. A mat was spread on the floor 

 in front of the most imposing apiary I had ever 

 seenof the kind. Wo squatted down. I explained 

 to him the intention of my visit, and away we went, 

 chatting, as if we had been old friends. The Hugh 

 Mustapha seemed very communicative; and having 

 handed me a tiny cup of coffee and drank one 

 himself, the usual compliments were exchanged. 



" Please God it may always be so " (the presenting 

 of coffee). He replied, "Please God it may be dou- 

 ble health to you." He began : 



" By the life of the most mighty God and the 

 prayer of Mohammed, I 'm going to tell you every 

 item, and all the truth," and bade me write down 



