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A TRIP TO EGYPT. 
disappeared—how or when none can say. Above the King’s 
Chamber are two or three other rooms, apparently only constructed 
to lessen the immense weight of the upper part of the Pyramid. 
The Sphinx. 
Not far from the Great Pyramid stands that colossal mystery, the 
Sphinx, “ Staring right on, with calm eternal eyes.” It is carved 
out of the natural rock, and in places has been filled in with other 
stone to complete its form; it is 140ft. long. The paws, 50ft. in 
length, are built up of huge hewn stones. The head measures 80ft. 
The Sphinx. 
from brow to chin, and 40ft. across. Its features are now hopelessly 
mutilated, but are said to have once worn “ an expression of the 
softest beauty and most winning grace.” There is a temple between 
the paws of this colossal image. The Sphinx is of immense 
antiquity, as it was in existence when Cheops built the Great 
Pyramid. 
A Day’s Excursion. 
During our stay in Cairo, being wishful to see some of the 
environs, we hired a carriage and pair with an Arab driver, and 
engaged a swarthy dragoman as our guide and interpreter. The 
road lay beneath the shade of beautiful plane trees and sycamores, 
and led us amongst broad meadows and corn-fields, with numbers 
of white birds feeding amongst them, until we reached the 
April, 1893. 
