The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-02-28

commenced the ascent, Leaving Achmet and my
friend below. Two boys folhsed u.s. with bottles
oi water. At first, the way Seemed hazardous,
for the stones wern covered siih said aud trag-
ments which had fallen from nbsvs bot after we
had mounted 20 Courses, the hard, smooth blocks
OF granite furned broader aud more secure steps.
Two Arabs went before, one holding each Of my
hands, while the third showed me up from the
rear. The assistance thus rendered was not
slight, for few Of the stones are less than feet
IN height. The waer.toys scsinpercd up beside
us with the agility Of cats. We stopped no
ment to take breath, at sori Of resting place.
half way up-an opening in tic pyramid colnmu
ncatIng with the uppermost oi.sse-isterior chan.
bers. had no sooner rat down on the nearest
stone than the Arabs stretched themselves at my
feet aud entertained me with a.mo,ta absurd mix
tnre OF hatiery and menace,-.fJae, pa,ting the
calves OF my legs, cried OUT ron, what fine,
strong legs how fast they camktp; nobody ev
er went up the. Pyramid so flstr while the 9th
ers added Here YOU Tust giye us back,hish /,
every body gives us dollar Isfe." Ny only
answer was, to get up and be.yk climbing, and
they did not cease pulling and pushing i'll they
left me brcathless ON the summit The whole
ascent did not occupy more thar ! 0 minutes
The view from Cheops has been often descrb-
ei. cannot say that il increased my impression
Of the majesty md grandeur Of The Pyramid, for
| that was already complete. My Eyes wandered
off from the courses Of granite. Broadening away
below NV feet, to contemplate the glorious green
! Of the Nile plain. barred with palm trees and
divided by the cleaning food OF the ancient ri
Vcfi 'he mhinfets oil o"'fo; the purple walls
I" INC Jar Araoian nnnntai'S; me pyfamid
groups ol SaEkara and Da'hoor, overlooking va
,i'ne' Me"'pn's ~ the o'nth ana theFha Yei,
low waves OF inc Ly o'An Desert whlch rolled
unu'oAeh % Tue western ehy; ine clear open
hfaNen aooVp' wh'ch seemed % fad'a'e iigh'
n"" 'S en'"e '"'''uNr' ei"'Pep W i'S eho'ace'
suu nar''o'Aen 'he "nefen' ieWe'es oi 'his won
u.''"' ,It,".'s'"Pe' "e,' ""' W. h'Ic', ""'"'h
",u , o'",'""'1 iS' ueso'"'iph Mery'"lHs was
'''' ,'s minus ~e'c "', ,ui'' "'''
"''"o''' '"e ."o's"lFf''s VI -h'"o' anu
iW, u'" "I "o' 80 '"'e' ~ 'nnu
-, I'' "'as"''",S u'' ro' i"''s anew me 10
;J' ~" Iu'I"y:. ~ ese"Pe H"',' 'ne,'
'"'''''e, io gave mem Two Pr
'o' ""'.n instantly 'n'"'I 'lef
.I,' ,''o '"e ''T,' ,''''' ,o'Hp'"""s: was
a"',s ~ S'S. ~ 'i''', "uu 'nfy preferred ma
,ars, rs "D"' " "p"'u "o1 s'e uol'h' n'sn'
I' J Wv. "D o!.s' "oA y without more
nri.oI ,iao1 ,,,J f ~! pI ''s '"t''e' s.'
f. mao a"l hsai ,' h,.a ',' ~ "'o'''' ''n'e
'i'V "1o Es'u u" nave "Snip' ou n's own
air and ns ,Lev cl,,ter,d Jos m sa s.o,'"s
! there en.uel s.,b asrronoble Ne wo,IJ h,rs son,
, any but Arabs over tho .Jg. oftho p,ra,oil -
| We then commenced the descent two seiyin, n, .
hands as before and dr,g,ir, ma Lo,dInrr af
TER them. We went strsi,,ht dnv, tLa .iJe III.
dim, and leaning from stone 10 stono y;,han.
,tofrif, ia T. T.. brao,b and r.ocl,l ,Lo h,s,, l.,
| or & minutes. Twas az cyritcJ from tl,s nre,,
ious assault that Ine;th,r Cl, f,,i,o ,,r .,;,IJ;
ness ON INV way un,nJ Jo,yn mi vs. na, -,
lLow violent had been III. exprtiE n,t vh., /
touched tie level siud Hi my ,itS,6tb v,nis,,ad
! IN an Instant | could -ea,c.Iy 81, ar srsal aud
was forced To lie down f'r a o,a;ietntle time
/ before It was possible to SIT upright on my don.
/ Key. Even now, after tlr lapse of two days,
move with nS much difficulty as a rheumatic pa
tltnt lrel the Pyramid IN my bones, and as.
! 'uredly n II not soon turgetit.
! lhe Arabs, who at FIRST threatened TO X II Ach
met row came forward and III. ell hi, htrds,
humhly cntreating pardon. But lis pridc had
been too severely touched by the blows '.c had
received and lac repulscd them splitting upon
( The ground, as the str nyest mark Of contempt
/ We CONSIDERED it due To Lin, TO ourselves, aud
10 otter travellers after US, to represent the mat.
ter to the Shclk OF the Pyramids, who lives in a
,""se .",'eu hon"Ysrh' hlle Ii''an'; ana or
~, h''.,'e' !" h'lut' US 'huIer, We hrs'
.I "'e H'e o"'r VI .'e rama u Cep"rrh's
o SI S.Im ,.'' S,"I o,I'.s 70 ue ""J''ut ht'd oi
- ~. '''o'' w.. W." "l'c"'p. '" ue'
y D,i' 's ,,, ''i"uS .,'co' EP,mh a''' mere
.,no,r.IiS'. S ,'"t % ~ .''G No''I' strangely ana
,n,..tlni; 4, i ~ .eu " NV, , uo n"t YET com
rhah ~ "'' s''''' Nus u"''' "'''' nave seen