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WONDERS OF ART. 
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found, upon our right hand, the mysterious wei‘» ^ ^ 
been so often mentioned. Pliny makes 
ueeii :>u *AAA..*iA*vy.~— . j ^ u f 
equal to one hundred and twenty-nine feet ; bui 
sounding it witli a line, found the plummet rest a 
tb® 
ief 
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of twenty feet. i tlif* Jl 
' ■ ■ stones, and observed 
“ We tlirew down some stones, ana onserv j,ti®' % 
rested at about the deptJi which Greaves ha* 
but being at length provided with a stone 
but being at lengtn proviaea wmi a siuuc ' gig" V 
tlie mouth of the well, and about fifty pounik m ^ jbe Q 
let this fall, listening attentively to the result fto 
where the other stones rested : we were agreeao ; 
by hearing, after a length of firne which must iw ,o t- , 
some seconds, a loud and distinct report, °,,ie<).> 
from a spacious subterraneous apartment, accoi ^ ^ pi v 
splashing noise, as if the stone had been brok^ 
and had fallen into a reservoir of water at an a ‘ gu® 
and hadtallen into a reservoir oi waioi , gcoa 
Thus does experience always tend to confirm tn j 
us by tlie Ancients ; for this exactly answers to 
tion given by Pliny of this well. 
” After once more regaining the passag 
' Auer OIl^c Uiuit: n::ijauiiiA5 .v..,- • _ gi; 
ducts diverge, we examined the chamber at ‘ ^ 
K»r oil fli-'trril'it'd the rut 
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mentioned by all who have described the ■ fbr®' ^ 
building. Its roof is angular ; that is to S3y,^>^ 
the inclination of large niaSscs of stone leaning 
other, like the appearance presented by those qaiUjliy 
are above the entrance to the pyramid, ihc” J 
passage altogether, we climbed the slippery U ^li. / 
ascent which leads to what is called the P'-“' , "jy i 
The workmanship, from its perfection, ana A 
proportions, is truly astonishing. All about^ ^ 
as he proceeds, is full ot majesty, and mystery 
Piesenrly we entered that ‘ glorious roome, • ^^,1. 
called by Greaves, where, ‘ as within som . i 
cauea U^' 01Crl>CS> waa^v, 
oratory. Art may seem to have conlendea pj pi 
It stands ' in the very heart and centre ot 
equidistant from all its sides, and almost 
between the basis and the top. The mi'V' 
roof of it, are all made of vast and J:> 
Thebaick marble,’ So nicely are these mass ^ iijf I 
Other upon the sides of the chamber, that^ ^ 
between them, it is really impossible to tore 
knife vvithhi the joints. ThU has beep ottcu 
