172 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
At Sakarra a great number exift, among which ten are of a 
large fize. The fmaller ones are fometimes almoft undiftin- 
gulfhable from the fand-hills, and are dilapidated ; the ftones 
being ufed as materials for building at Kahira, Jize, &c. 
The two largeft of the pyramids are at about the diftance of 
two hours and a half from Jize, and are well known to all who 
have vifited Egypt. The dimenfions of that which has been 
opened I found to be as follow : 
Feet. 
Inches, 
Great chamber ■ 
■ 34 
5 
Breadth - - - 
• 17 
2 
Sarcophagus - - 
• 7 
8 
Breadth - - ■ 
- 3 
2 
Depth within 
2 
lOf 
Thicknefs - - 
0 
6 
The galleries and great chamber are fituated due North and 
South, allowing for the variation of the needle. 
Feet. Inches. 
The firft palTage defcending - 
- 105 
I 
Small chamber, length 
- 18 
9 
■ breadth - - 
- 17 
I 
Antichamber, length - - - 
7 
5 
Main gallery, upper part - - 
- 150 
0 
lower part - - 
- 148 
0 
Paffage to inferior chamber - 
- 109 
I 
1 
An 
