New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-22

The mans appearance showed what he b,s
undergone, and save me an ides Of the ex,r.,,
binary zeal AM patience required TO rnakcas,,
ccssfol ant,crsran H., ace VAS IS brown, :.
20 Arabs. bis eyes severely inaamcd. and ~,
bands as rough as o. bdeA'ycr's HIS m,s,.,
Vah tie Arab wosm.n was admirable. a.
tcy laborod with hearty GOODWILL which :,
Hcst supplied 'ha rau' o The neea'ul inaIs
meuis All hey bad were stTaw baskets. whr1
the, filed with o solt of rude shovel. and tss.
handed up 90 te carried al on the hsgls =
others One O.. the principal workmcn wa, as,,
and dumb, but the funniest Arab ! ever "a,
He was constantly playing oil his jokes on tbs.,
who were tco slow or TOO negligent An,
lucky girl STOPPING down at the wrong iipe,,
htt basket cf sand, received the contents OF A.,
other on her head, and her indignant ou,cry Va,
hailed by the rest with screams OF Laughter. !
saw the same man pick out OF The sand GLAZED
tile containing hierosNphic Characters The
gravity with which he held 10 before hIm. tirp.
ING to perusc II, occasionally nodding his he,s
as if to say, well done Tor old Pharaoh w cOV3
not have been oxcellcd by Burton himself
Strabo states that Memphis had a c.rcun.s
renee OF seventeen miles, and therefore both v
Marette and The aatquariaas are night The
mounds Of Mamhenny probably marx the east.
ern portion Of the city, while is western I'm.
extended beyond the Pyramids Of Sakhara aa3
included in its suburbs those OF tboust and
Dashour. The space explored b. ". M-rc,.s
is about a mile and half ID length. anu some.
whs, more han half mile Ia breadth. lie
still continuing bis excavations westward. el
has alInos. reached the dr,- ridge o' the l..,n
Hills, without fudiug the terulnltion OF tls n.
ms The magnitude Of h., discovery Wi. e
best known when h.s drawings and Descriptions
are given 10 the world. From the iuie sax.
have no hesitation IA pronouncing It sqna, IL
historical Importance, u thlt of Petra and Nm
eveh.
We had still q long ride before Us, and took
leave OF Memphis and NJ. Mariei,e, prom.s.ngto
revisit him on ms return from Kartoum. Asws
passed the brick pyramid ol Sak&ara, which is
built IN four terraces Of equal hight the dark,
grateful green of the palms and haUest-Gehls of
the Nile appeared between two san1-hils-,
genuine balm 20 our heated eyes. We role
through groves Of the fragrant acan,hls 10
broad dyke, the wIndlngs OF which We we've
obliged to follow across the pain a. the soil
was still vet and adhesive. Ii was too late 10
visit the beautiful pyramids Of Dashonr, the int
of which IS more than three hundred feel IN
hight, and from distance has almost as grand
an effect as those of Glzoh. Our tired donkeys
Jagged slowly along to the palmgroves OF
Mtrahenny, where we saw mounds OF earth,
few blocks OF red granite and a colossal statue
of Sesostris, which until now were supposed to
be the only remains of Memphis The statue
lies on It's face IN a hole Il led with water Tia
countenance is SAID 20 be very beautiful, but
could only see the top of SesostrIss back, which
bore a faint resemblance to a crocodile.
Through fields Of cotton in pod and beans IN
blossom, we rode to the Nile, dismissed our
donkeys and their attendants, and lay down on
some bundles o. cornstaks to wait the arrival
of our boat. But there had been a south wind
all day, and we had ridden much faster than
our men could tow. We sat till long after sun
set before the stars and stripes, floating from
the mizzon mast OF the Cleopatra, turned the
corner below Bedracheyn. When, At last, we
sat at cur cabntabc, weary and hungry, We
were almost ready to confess thai the works Of
art produced by our cook, Saame were more
marvellous and interesting than Memphis and
tic Pyramids. 1T