The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-11-25
STUpENDoUs WONDERS OF EGYPT.

STUPENDOUs WONDERS OF EGYPT.
Among them the first rank in grandeur
and magnifcence is claimed by the temple
at Thebes, dedicated to Jupiter Ammon,
this famous edifice being not less than two
miles in circumference ; the portico alone
is composed of one hundred and thirty six
pillars, twelve feet in diameter, and is ap-
preached by an avenue of sphinxes ram
headed, mile in length. The statue of
Memnon, it is we'll known, was SO contrlved
that, as soon as the first rays of the sun
shone upon its lips, it emitted musical
sounds in token of Joy; mechanical in
vention intended as proof of the tabled re-
l~t;e-.-h;r Let...~o.>- AEoa.naIa and the sun.
who was esteemed his father; the fact OF
the musical sound is attested by numerous
Greek and Roman inscriptions from the
foot to the knee. As an illustration of the
extraordinary dimensions of this statue, Mr..
Buckingham stated that when he stood
with the sole of his foot on level with that
of the figure, he was not able to look over
the Instep; another statue lies on the
ground, and Mr.. B., in walking through
assure in one of the arms, occasioned, prob
ably, by its fall, found it to be nine feet in
diameter the height of the first mentioned
statue, IN its sitting posture, is ninety feet,
and, if standing erect, would measure one
hundred and twenty. The most extraordl-
nary circumstance connected with these
colossal figures, is, that they were hewn
out of solid rocks of granite, which must
have been conveyed by almost supernatur-
al power a distance of two hundred miles
to their present situation from the cataracts,
where only the granite is to be found The
inhabitants are various; among them the
Copts are the most remarkable. They are
the descendants of the ancient Egyptians,
and the fact of their compilations being
darker and their noses flatter than those of
the other inhabitants, seems to sanction the
opinion that the very ancient Egyptians
were negroes. These Copts are the most
sagacious, acute, and clever OF all the in
habitants, and are consequently employed
by the Pacha in the collection Of taxes.
Buckingham's Lectures.
| COMFORT AND CARES. All human sit
uatons have their inconvenience we fee
those that we find in the present, and we
neither feel nor see those that exist in anoth-
err. Hence we make frequen: ard trouble
some changes without amendment, and often
|
ger in little sloop, descending the Della
ware there being no wind, we were obliged
when the ebb was spent, to cast anchor anC
wait for the next. The heat of the sun wa:
excessive, the company all strangers, ant
not very agreeable. Near the river side,
saw what | took to be a pleasant greer
meadow, in the middle of which was large
shady tree, where it struck my fancy coul'
sit and read, and pass the time agreeaoly
till the tide turned. | therefore prevailed
with the captain to put me ashore. Being
landed, found great part of my meadow
was really marsh, in crossing which u
come at my tree, was up to my knees II
the mud and l had not placed myself un
der its shade five minutes, before the mos
uuitoes, in swarms, found me out, attacked
nv face, legs and hands, and made my read
I ing and my rest impossible, so that return
ed TO the beach and called for the boat Il
come and take me on board again, where
was obliged to bear the heat | strove t.
quit, and also the laugh of the company
Similar cases in the affairs of life have Otter
fell under my observation.-F rdnkIim's Lite
The celebrated Horne Tooke once made
the following just remark Nothing u
gained in a controversy with an ignorant
iow-lved, low bred, vulgar fool You ge
the better of him in the contest, ana the lei
low (aithough he may himself be mere RIB
nosed baboon, or a real monkey, IN appear
ance,) will Immediately, as the dernler re-
sort of meanness, enter into personalities
This is with him cardinal virtue and sucl
a creature would not scruple to rob hen
| l. 49,. - hair
! from the cow-hide and whipping post"