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DESCRIPTIONS OP EGYPT. 
depository of the remains of Apis. It has a pas- 
sage 309 feet in length, with numerous apart- 
ments and galleries, all cut out of the living rock. 
The sides of the rock are perfectly white, and 
covered with paintings in complete preservation, 
the tints of which are so brilliant, that they can 
scarcely be imitated by the best water-colours 
made in England. But the most extraordinary 
remain here discovered is a sarcophagus of ala- 
baster, above nine feet long and three broad, 
transparent, and sounding like a silver bell. It is 
covered both within and without with hieroglyphics 
and figures which are nearly entire, and make 
an extraordinary display of taste, delicate work- 
manship, and skill in cutting so fragile a material. 
It is hoped that, through the exertions of Mr 
Salt and M. Belzoni, this extraordinary monu- 
ment may find its way to the British Museum. 
But the most splendid, perhaps, of all M. Bel- 
zoni's discoveries consists in opening the second 
pyramid of Ghiza, commonly called that of Ce- 
phrenes. Many attempts had been made by mo- 
dern travellers, and pretty extensive labours un- 
dertaken, but without any result. M. Belzoni 
accordingly was for a long time involved in pas- 
sages, which proved to be only forced ones made 
by his predecessors, in their vain attempts to reach 
the interior. At length he discovered a block of 
granite, inclined in a similar manner to that in 
