Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-12

person ascending, two or three Arabs
are assigned to help. The general
plan of helpfullness would be for an
assistant to take hold of each hand,
and standing upon a tier of stone
above would pull, while the one
standing behind would .boost.n So
"he-oo-heaye,n and up moves the WIS.,
itor, to take his widespread view
from the top. 10 8i u ao.H
The tiers of stone constituting the
steps of the monument are, / should
judge, two and one-half #. in thick
ness. In the main our route lay
along the northwest angle of the
pyramid.
had not gone far before / shook
off the Arab f'boosting" from behind.
lie gave me. a fearful ''boost," and
punched my cheek bone against the
rock ahead. Nor had l gone much
farther, before l dismissed the man
holding and pulling me by my right
hand. -, si,,t 81
was now left with a young, 1.-the
fellow, as springy as fox; his hand
was soft, and | could clasp it easily
and firmly within my own. .ri,,
We must not be rash, but rather
take the journey cody and easily
One gentleman making the Journey
the same day had full use of his
three helpers, as the ascent produced
dizziness and threatened him with
vertigo.
At one of our stoppages my help
er informed me not only that his
name was Mahmod, but that he was
a doctor. He desired to know my
name and title, and 1 informed him
l was M. Governor, and that / was
also a doctor. 1t was evident that I
rose at 6ncei in DR.. Mahnod's esti-
nation with these distinctions. I
was now making the ascent with
comparative ease.2 Holding NAH
mod 's right hand firmly with my
left, ne would spring with his bare
feet upon the block before, while !,
using my right hand and arIn as a
brace and helper, would lift my left
foot to the rock and easily raise my
self to it. this way / came to the
top without aanyi great fatigue =
though the perspiration poured as if
subjected to DR.. Hansen's highest
temperature. Upon reaching the
top, there stood Mr.. Smith and one
of the young ladies, who had beaten
mein their journey.u Oar resolute
and ''up7and-eoming' party were
now assembled on the apex of Cheops
standing upon a floor twenty feet
square. ] informed my comradesof
the distinction l enjoyed in having
DR.. Mahmod as nay assistant. i now
directed the, doctor to make an ex-
animation of my pulse to see if ! was
all right. He did SO, and bid me run
out my tongue for his. professional
observation. / directed him now to
examine each one of the party. In
like manner he felt the pulse and
looked at the tongue and announced
each to be in good condition. !
The city below, the green fields
before us, and the arid desert, with.
out green thing, behind us, were
the three things of obseryation.-
Away off upon the road, we espied
the drove of carriages with theil
loads of visitors. This suggested that
we complete our view, and make the
descent and entrance to the interior
of the great vault above, and thu;
free ourselves from the dangers and
discomforts of the crowd. This we
SUCCESSFULLY accomplished, although
the labor of the descent was quite
as great as that of the ascent. ~
The entrance to the Pyramid is by
low passage-ways, sometimes crawl
ING on all fours, sometimes descend
ing by steps, and sometimes ascend.
| ing. Attimes this passage is BY
lofty galleries, and then again by OBJ
scure and cramped ways AT legtf
| the Kings Chamber is reached
room made of polished red granite
/ sixteen feet wide, soand thirty fee
/ long and twenty feetphigh, as 1 paeeC
| its width and length, and measured
| its height with my eye. In this darE
abode is large empty stone sarcoph
agus. There is another room an
| der this, called tie Queens Room
| We are very glad to get out of thes'
| gloomy and dark caYefns to the lighI
Of Gods bright day. Though our
fee of one dollar paid the Sheik i
| intended to be sufficient, yet the or,
for sBnck Shack from the guide
is interminable and iRsatiable.snl
had paid the doctor all the francs t.
which his good offices, including hi
| professional services, were entitled
Still, he was elamoring for more, an'
to such an extent that ! turned uPoI
him with Yengeful mien, and, in sterl
| language, rebuked him for his rspa
city, Upon this the aged and ven
erable Sheik advanced and asked M
| if he should whip the doctor. | di
rected him to give him six blows
| Whereupon, the old Sheik raised hi
stick and gave him three. Seeing
the wretched, crest, fallen state of th'
doctor, my heart failed me, and ] az
rested the punishment. Mahmo,
sat down upon the. rock. and hung
his heaain silence. He had bee
| very Communicative with me, inform
| ing me that he had a farm of fiv
acresin the valley ;that he had to pa
4 tax to the Government of tw,
pounds on each aeer; that if he hat
| excellent crops he might possibl!
| make above the tax ten or fifteel
pounds a year. He told me, also
that he had an Arab mare that b
/ send his brother for, and let me rid
| her upon the desert, q thing / woul,
\ have liked to do. ! think the doe
tor stretched a little, however, aBou
his mare-the presumption beinI
that he had no such possession, II
told me that he had one wife, an,
was anxious to get some none.
ahead, that he might get another
I This, I think, was true,
i We visited the Sphinx and it
buried temple, not far away. Stup
i endous monuments of the greatnes
and the power of generations Of me.
| who 1nnr. long ago performed thei