Smyrna times., 1858-12-23
STORIES OF TIE PVRhMI33,

writer who has recently visited the Pyra.
mids Of Egypt, says Of the great pyramid, the
interior Of which he explored, that more re-
markabIe than the chamber and passages is the
well, whose Construction must have had some
mysterious connection with the Nile, as being
in all one hundred aud ninety feet dee2, its bot.
tom nearly on Il level with the surface Of the
river 1t is between two and three feet in
diameter, and the explorer, lowered down by
means Of long rope, passes through two or
more chambers in the irregular descent The
Arabs arc afraid to go down, on account Of the
genil supposed to inh.bi; the ny scrious chrm-
bers. The following stories aJou. ;hc p, ramds
are related by MassouJi, an Arab author:
Twenty men Of the Flyoom wished to ex
anime The great pyramid. One Of them was
lowered down the well by means Of rope.
which broke at the depth Of one hundred and
hfty cubIts, aud the man fell to the bottom He
was three hours IN falling. His companions
heard terrible cries, and in tho evening they
went out OF the pyramid and sat down by it to
talk about the matter. The man who wac los,
IN the well suddenly appeared before them on.
OF the earth, and uttered these exclanatioDs-
Sax Saka!" which they did not understand.
lie then fell dead, and was carried awav by his
friends. The above words were translated by
a man Of Said, as follows: He WHO NEEDLES
with aud coTets what does not belong 10 him,
is unjust"
DR.. King, Of Athens, once related to me
startling adventure Of II S friend, Mr.. Fisk in
the well Of the pyramid Of Chcops This da.
ring traveller, whose ashes rest on Mount Son,
was lowered down by several Arabs After he
had descended Il great distance his taper went
out, leaving him in Egyptian darkness The
Arabs, also, by some mistake, suddenly checked
his descent, and held him suspendcd-he knew
not how far from the bottom. They could no,
hear his shouts to lower or draw in the rope
Fortunately, the walls were less than three feet
aplr., and by firmly braclng his arms and shonl.
ders against one side and his legs against the
other, he managed to descend slow ly, yet fear.
fn every moment Of plunging into the dark
abyss beneath. In this manner he crcpt down
Carefully between SIX and seven feet, and unex.
pcctedly found himself at the bottom of the
we'll, which indeed his feet had almost touched
while he was dangling at the end Of the rope
The feelings experienced while suspended in
this manner Mr. Fisk himself declared were
terrible beyond description.
We were just leaving the we'll, when heard
a distant voice shouting al the opening of the
pyramid" He's dying! he's dying Where
Is the doctor!" Being the only physician in
the company, ordered IIaiz to prcccde me
with the taper, and we scrambled hastily I'D the
narrow passage on our hands and knees A |
square piece of the blue heavens presently be-
came visible. | emerged into the open air,
reeklng with dust and perspration, and was
hastily conducted by the Arabs to the north
tH,pc of fho 4
upon the sand, al a distance of TWENTY-FIVE feet
from the base of the pyramid, lay naked Arab
boy, with blood gushing from his mouth nose,
and several severe flesh wounds. Though un-
able to speak, he was not entirely insenslble.-l
The flow Of blood was quickly staunchcd.- i
Having left my pOcket-case of instruments be-
hlnd, inquired among the gentlemen for
needle and thread, but to no purpose.
These Bedouins are their own tailOrs,' said
one and searching among them he soon found
what desired. The crowd of Arabs looked on
in mute astonlshment while | set the broken
arm, using for splints pieces of the date.palm
basket, in which Haiz had brought the provi-
sions and claret for our dinner from Cairo.
The operation finished first learned the
cause OF the terrible accident TO tho bov.-l
While part OF the company were exploring the
interior chambers with myself, those remaining
outside had amused themselves in various wavs
Yielding to the impetuosity of the Arab boys,
they offered a small wager to the one who
shonld ascend to the summit of the great pyra
mid and descend again TO the earth in the short.
est time. Four Arab youths stripped themselves
for the race and skipped up the rocky hill with
the agility of the chamOs. They all reached
the sun nit at the same moment, and turned To
descend. At such an immense height they
looked like pilgrims, yet leapcd down from
strata to strata with marvellous celebrity. One
of them gained few feet upon his companions.
He had made about one-thrd Of the descent,
when his foot slipped, and he came bounding