Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-24
STORIES OF THE PYRAMIDS.

A writer has recently visited the pyr,
amids of Egypt, and says of the great
Pyramid, the interior Of which he explor-
cd, that more remarkable than the cham.
bers and passages is the we'll, whose con.
struction must have had some mysterious
connection with the Nile, as being in all
one hundred and ninety feet deep, lis bot.
tom nearly or level with the surface of
the river. 1t is between two or three
feet in diameter, and the explorer, lower
ed down by means of rope, passes
through two or more chambers in the ir.
regular descent. The Arabs are afraid
to go down, ON account Of the genii sup
piled to itshabit the mysterious chambers.
The following stories about the Pyramids
are related by Massondi, am Arab author:
Twenty men of the Fayoom wished to
examine the great Pyramid. One of
them was lowered down the we'll BY
means of rope, which broke at the depth
of one hundred and fifty cubits, and the
man fell to the bottom. 9e was three
hours in falling. His companion heard
terrible cries, and in the evening they
went out of the Pyramid and sat down
on it to- talk over the matter. Yhe man
who was lost in The we'll, Suddenly ap.
peared before them out of the earth, and
uttered these exclammations-' Sax i
Saka p which they did not understand.
He then fell down dead and was carried
away by his friends. Fhe above words
were translated by man of Said as fol-
lows He who NEEDLES with and covet
what does not belong to hilr, is an I'M
just man"
DR.. King of Athens, once related to me
a startling adventure of his friend, Mr..
Fisk, in the well of the Pyramid Of
CheoEs. This daring traveller, whose
ashes rest ON Mount Sion, was lowered
down by several Arabs. After he had
descended great distance his taper went
out, leaving him in Egyptian darkness.
The Arabs also, by some mistake, sudden
ly checked his descent, and held him sus
pended-he knew not how far from the
bottom. They could not hear his shouts
to lower or draw in the rope. Fortun
ately the walls were less th'an three feet
apart, ard by firmly bracing his arms and
shoulders against one side and his legs
against the other, he managed to descend
slowly, yet fearful every moment of pluDg-
ing into the dark abysss beneath. In
this manner he carefully crept down be-
tween six and seven feet and unexpected
ly found himself at the bottom of the well,
which indeed his feet almost touched
while he was dangling at the end OF the
rope. The feelings experiences while
suspended In this manner, Mr.. Fisk him
self declared, were terrible beyond de
|seription.
We were just leaving the we'll when l
heard distant voice shouting at the
opening of the Pyramid" He s dying |!
has dyingl Where is the doctor 2" Be-
ing the only physician in the company, ]
ordered Hafz to preeede me with the ta-
per, and we scrambled hastily up the mar
row passage on our hands and knees. A
square piece Of the blue heavens present.
ly became visible. / emerged into tie
open air, reeking with dust and perspira
tion and was hastily conducted by the
Arabs to the northwest corner Of the
Pyramid. There stretched upon the sand
at distance Of twenty-five feet from the
base Of the Pyramid, lay naked Arab
boy, with blood gushing from his mouth
aud nose, and several flesh Wounds
Though unable to speak, he was not en-
tirely lnsensible. The flow of blood was
quickly staunched. Having left my peck
ct case of instruments behind, | inquired
among the gentlemen for needle and
thread, but to no purpose.
These Bedouius are their own tail.
ors," says one and searching among
them. he soon, fouhai what / desired,. The
crowd Of AraSs looked on III rdtits aston
ishment, while | set the broken arm, lis
ing for splints pieces of the date palm
basket III which Haiz had brought tht
/ provision and claret for our dinner from
Cairo.
| vhe operation finished T first learust
the cause of this terrt6.s accident to TIL