The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-05

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| OF painful assent aone poisn,d blocks, at the end
| Of which time viii be Ia the Kings Chamber
Try and get sm q, Sc o. tne ky Trough small
or stone and ma nap you viii see stars. You can
but admire the skull and might OF the anc ent Typ
tians, which you have been all aong admrlng from
the first moment your uplook irom the base Of the
| Pyramids You viii say when you come out that 1t
was not worth the trouble: but nevertheless people
| Will go an SO Will you, have no doubt.
WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT TINES.
My dear traveller, the Pyramids are the most won
derfu ssra, lures In the world Tney were ererted
! In hose Saturnian tunes when gods and goddesses
were supposed to wander 10 Ethiopia nom the Olym-
plan ne ghts Of Crete fOr twelve days feast some
years before Homer Issued ms war epics Tor tue de-
light Of mankind 1000 years before christ Egypto-
loglss place the date Of their ere ton. Your eyes
Will be fascinated by trem your whole thought con.
centrated upon them; lor there. rs you see Them
| blocks superposed above another, until
their apexes nave reached the dzzy height OF nearly
800 ieet. You are hut a poor tretneouned. with
short span oil LIE before you, side by side with those
mmulabe, everlasting stone structures. Three
gaze upon these with like purpose as yourself. For
get not therefore, to drink IN Haht SaGtsrne ana
| Champagne to the everlasting lie OF Egypt But
for pro- aic sentence what would You say II tod
you that such pyramid conid be built IN Central
PARK, New York, Tor the sum OF S5ojoO0o 900, nearly
aytars revenue OF the United states New YORK
city would become bankrupt. Yet ir were great
thing for New YORK could Il nave but one py iaind.
One hundred thousand travellers per aniiuIn would
come TO look at this one. such inhux OF people
may be reekoned NJ ten dollars per head benefit to
the city, which would be 81 and at this rate
1 would be 800 years before the sum paid out had
been covered loo costly luxury Is pyramid for
the city Of New YORK.
Alter doing your best To photograph the Size OF the
ne s 9sr sa upSn y"nr md Sep ever 10 where
worn out FACE HAS been sally abused by souyenir
sahercss; yet through .hs long array Of gone
| OF me Pharaohs An, that seinLehi dixie sne,
slightly SAD. yet sweet, you MIN remem.
| Der. III no coarse-ulnied person Is With
you you VIII be drawn toward it. Don't
| lalgh at me when tell you that though this
| time the lmpres ion becomes more and more fixed
| that II George washingtons lace was scuiptured In
stone OF similar SIZE u would look exactly like The
| face OF the SphlnX. Perhaps am a fool tut do not
| blame ny clnd9r. very learned man says OF the
| sphinx, Even now, afer all that we have seen
| OF colossal statues. there was something stupen-
| dous in The signt OF that enormous head Its
vast projecting WIG, It's great ears 1t, open eyes the
red color sun visible on lis check the Immense pro-
lection OF the whole lower part OF lis face. Yet what
| must IL nave been wnen on It's head there was the
royal helmet OF Egypt; on It's chm The royal beard;
when the ssone pa ement b. which men approached
\ fne Pyramids, ian up between It's paws; when inl-
mediateiy under Its breast aa altar stood, iroll
| which the sno &c went up INTO the gigantic nos rls
| o. tlat nose, now vanished from the lace, never to
( be conceived againlh
! The front part OF the Sphinx is that of man. the
| hinder pa - That OF ON couchanL In the u.1e
OF Pny It was 90 eet hga, Us length l4l let. The
hi burei III the sand. Salt. the Aby ssinan tray
eller, and Caygnt, an Italian, set to work clear II
| covered eight OF stone steps between the paws
leading 20 a teape below the statue. The temple
NEW Ds5CoyER,Es.
But other importsa. discoveries have been made
Close 20 ,ne Sppe', winch were ope Tor me nspec,
co,ushnSof sp,eid,d tempe have been found only
few feet southward o. The sphinx. Along side Of
LIE stupendous, smoothly polished red granite
blocks with VIII CHI this temple Is bulls those Medi-
| net Abou ana KaFnac arc as nothing. the smallest
blocks IN the wliis IN length by Six
feet IN height but there are blocks there winch IN 81
measure thirty feet long by egnt feet IN height; aud
| al these are as perfect as when chiseed at the
| Quaries.
| You VIII do well to visit the tombs west OF the
Sphinx the two other pyramids, anl the six lesser
| ones. Alter seeing all OF these YOU IN NATURALLY
Wish 10 return. You may be able TO purchase very
good antiques hefe such as scaraDel and blue pot
| terry Idols.
| MoHAMMED ALI.
The Astadel ana mosque oil Mohammed All are
sit atod at The las, OF the Mokuttum Mountains, ut
the southeast extremity of cairo. Your ride thther
through cool lanes overnung by TALL houses ana
uced balconies, through which you viii perceive
many darS beauty stealing look at the fair-faoed
mosques OF the Mamcuke age. You sh ,uld not fal
gance or architecture VIII excel any other in the
Moh.nlmedan world. Its foundations we're laid in
lo4o. when you arrive al the mosque OF Mohammed
All take care 10 offend no MUhammedan by un-
aeemiy conduct for the people are fanatics in tins
quarter Ihey WA SPIT after You. bur take 10 heed
| OF that unless YOU md the offender alone, wnen
you may safely thrash him. There Is reyovl ny
Pillar o. aabaster inside the mosque, which, though
seemingly supporting the roof reyolves at a slight
| EFFORT OF your guide. This IL most nob.e ediiC.
called after MohaInmed l. and contains his tomb
It's -narets chalonge the arst attention OF tie ira
| weller as ne approaches caro-.
Tne view from the walls OF the citadel Is superb
| even better than that obtained from the summit Of
Cheop's Pyramid.
Like q wide band Of silver the Nile divides the
magnificent valley In two. Cairo lies beneath you,
VITA It's M riads Of white minarets rising proudly
above the city. The dark foliage of the grove In the
| Esbeheeyed the great dome OF the new circus, the
paiatiai structures OF tn, opera and the Now Hotel
| are ,een, aud beyond these, beyond the Me, be-
| ferrous Libyan UeSer stand the Pyramids.
Visit the place where the MamcIuke Bey leaped
his horse to escape he massacre OF his peers by
Mob mined All. Pay backsheesh TO the mosque and
| citadel guide two pas ers.
The Tomos OF the CalIphs may be visited as you
| return by making Il snort detour northward. These
ar very Interesting from the very perfect specime
OF Saracenic architecture which they present. In
| the aitern iOn visit ShOobra Palace and Gardens,
The drive there Is magnificent. through TWO miles OF
! an avenue painted on each side with outrageous
! owned by Hahn Pashi, uncle vi the khedye.
| EARLY MORN.
Next morning may BE- employed In visiting Boulac,
or old cairo; the acqueduct, the romantic looking
bridges, houses and shops; the fine Old palaces, REM
nants vi alaIneluke wealth. The best bstn In Cairo
| Is to be found &c Boulac
Then visit the beautiful Isle OF Rhoda and the Nil
omelar, erected In the nlnth century, for the
| surcment OF the Mes inundatiOn.
| MATCHING EGGS BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS.
While you are near Ghizeh you might cross over
the Nae and yisil the very curious operation Of
hatching eggs according to the Egyptian system OF
artincal Incubation There are 200 OF these ovens
at Ghizeh ana the mode OF the operation Is as lol-
| lows
| On the morning OF the day destined to begin Nis
| OPERATION dung nre Is placed III the cells 10 warn
| them, an AT sunset several thousand eggs ere dis
| Jed III them. lie ire u renewed teIee times a
day-at dawn, at midday and at s.;hset. There is
| however no exact rules laid do~n for this The
| building ia which these cfens are situated
Is Is, composed a oil r CORRIDOR forty eet long
] five small aLeTtures admit light. In
the centre, ~ the right hand. there Is door three
and halI ieet nigh and two and half feet broad;
this LEAFS 10 another corridor forty eight eet long by
live broad, also having vauted ROOF. In the centre
| or winch there are three aperturcs or nine inches
Ia 1sneter 10 admit light; to the rgtt ana left
hti OF the corridor there are five divisions OF cells
-! NO stoves. Each inferior or stove has an
| opening one and a hall foot square. The largest
| room has another aperture above OF two feet I've
| inches Ia height and about two feet br0al. The
walls OF the upper stove begin rectangular from the