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panied by Chief of Police Weigall, Colonel Roosevelt cantered 

 down the tortuous narrow desert valley, followed closely by the 

 carriages, to the tombs of the Kings, 3000 years old. The day was 

 the hottest since Colonel Roosevelt reached civilization, the south- 

 west wind resembling a sirocco. 



When the inspection of the tombs vvas completed, \Yeigall, 

 wishing to test the famous endurance of the ex-President, suggested 

 a tramp across the cliiTs, which led through a perilous path where 

 the heat is intensified by the reflection on the rocks, expecting that 

 Air. Roosevelt would object. 



The Colonel not only kept up, but led, making Mr. AVeigall 

 admit that he had underestimated the strength of the ex-President. 

 On returning, four men of the party, including Mr. Roosevelt, 

 engaged in a horse race for a mile over the desert in the hot sun, 

 Colonel Roosevelt winning easily by the grace of his horse, as he 

 laughingly said. Mr. Weigall and Kermit tied for second place. 



'^HE COLONEL'S KNOvVLEDGE OF ANCIENT RULERS. 



'' He astonished me by his knowledge of the relations of the 

 rulers wdio lived several thousand years ago," observed Mr. Weigall. 

 In connection with Hatesu VIII, Mr. Roosevelt recalled that she 

 v'as the first woman ruler of civilized history, and from the amount 

 of trouble she gave Tomes, one of her numerous husbands, the 

 Colonel suggested that he must have been the first henpecked hus- 

 band of whom any record exists. 



In their tour that day the party first entered Sethos, the first 

 and most beautiful of the Biban El Moluk tombs. The caverns in 

 the rocky hills reached back into long corridors lighted by fitful 

 candles and occasionally by electricity, recalling the descent into 

 mines. 



At the tomb of Jenophis the party was led through the dark- 

 ness by a railing. Suddenly the light was turned on and they 

 looked at a crypt containing a mummy-shaped cofiin with the black- 

 ened remains of the King, his arms folded, which reminded the 

 party of the tomb of Napoleon. This is the most dramatic sight 

 in connection with the anticjue monuments of Egypt. 



