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lets , ■” ^ w. ...c- 
. '"'•lid j recently preceded us, we had heard the 
I"" to ,L “'^■‘•‘••■•bed as huge objects which gave no satisfac- 
? W 1 account of theii; barbarous shape, 
w' Per * appearance : yet to us it appeared hardly possible, 
\ld susceptible of any feeling of sublimity could 
w th unmoved. With what amazement did we 
i%d . surface that was presented to us, when we 
\l) j at tills stupendous monument, which seemed to 
j’® clouds ! Here and there appeared some Arab 
5tt,U>n the • - ■ 
fath, 
EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS, 
icr than of pleasure. In 
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the observations of tra- 
immense masses above us, like so 
, . - - . many 
t ■ the',, "'"’•img to shew the way up to the summit. Now 
? 'bought we heard voices, and listened; but 
of bi powerful gusts, sweeping the immense 
ascg a'°ue. Already some of our party had begun 
til pausing at the tremendous deptli 
C' below. , One of our militaiy companions, 
ti^kin_''S surmounted the most difficult part of the un- 
V b®®auie giddy in consequence of looking down 
tiig' '"'°P b® attained ; and being compelled to 
project, he hired an Arab to assist him 
j '*ijg I . 1 
wSiiiesl^ descent. The rest of us, more accustomed to 
Y'ioii^ Ur climbing heights, with many a halt for re- 
C ''ay j "b many an exclamation of wonder, pursued 
Vl the summit. The mnrlf* of* hne 
'ij^ai'e described; and yet, from the questions 
T St'iiei. ii'®" proposed to travellers, it does not appear 
-1' understood. The reader may imagine him- 
'< ?''itlle''^°'' " s'3'rcase, every step of which, to a man 
b breast high ; and the breadth 
I* bs height ; consequently, the foot- 
f i "i'b abbough a retrospect, in going up, be 
Carful to persons unaccustomed to look down 
elevation, yet there is little danger 
some places, indeed, where the stones are 
• f.,5ny 'cartul to i 
'fci'!^'>'g.'^'‘j'‘’berable 
required 3 and an Arab guide 
b* avoid a total inteiTuption ; but, upon 
(,^r 'I ac ^ '"u^us of ascent are such that almost every 
it. Our progress was impeded by 
We carried with us a few instruments ; such 
'■'•ulij ®uutpass, a thermometer, a telescope, &c. ; 
ut be trusted in the hands of Arabs, and they 
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