The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-19

dozen oallings. hut all this IL nothing Here
| are the perfumes Of Ar ,bia, the colors Of Para
disc. These narrow Lanes are streams OF Rlanc-
ing color; these shops are moro brilliant than
any picture but In all is softened harmony,
I the ancient art Of the East" Now It is OBVIOUS
/ that the writer, hid ho 80 chosen, might have
Infused this passage with his distinctive humor,
but his obi ct to make us see, not laugh.
| Since II IA ncOnvenicnt for most OF US to un-
dert Ike journey to .iro, suppose we try,
| with Mr.. Warmers help, to take a look at the
great pyramid OF Geezchdnd oftne sphinx. He
IL aware that we havo not tho faintest desire to
hear hin rehearse the history OF these monu-
mems, or tnterpret the state OF his own feel
ings. If he will only en- ,blc IA to get sight OF
them as they stand there on the deserts edge
with the low Libyan hills falling OF behind
them-to eve them till their outlines print them
solves sharp and clean upon tho fancy "a those
Of the mountain We saw yesterday-it IL not
Impossible that some emotions and reflections
might be stirred In our own minds. No will
follow, therefore, our traveller, who drives out
from Cairo over an ombankment which strides
straight across the level country:
There before us on arOeky platform hun
| dred feet higher than the mesdOws. are the
| pyrani is cutting the stainless blue Of the skv
with their sharp lines. hay master the eve
wien we are an hour away, and APP
Droach they aeem 10 recede, neither growing
larger nor smaller nui simply withdrawini with
grand re erve. T0ey are nothing nut niles
o.fstone. aud shahby lies 18th t, and they stand
there TO "a oniah people Perhaps they
do not appear 40 gigantic when the vi.itor Is
close to them as no Thought they woul from
their mls at n distance. But II tie stands Mt he
blse " the great pyramid anu casts his eye
along the steps Of its enormous side aud M the
nizzv height where he summit seems To pierce
the solid blue, he will not complain OF want of
size.
From the apex, which proves 10 be platform
,hirty feet SQUIRE, "all that IL rharic cristic Of
Egypt is IN sight; to the west, the Lbyan hills
and the hmitless sire on OF yellow desert end
to the north, desert also aud the ruined pyramid
81 Abooroasch to the south, that Ion necropo.
liz OF the desert, marked by the pyramids OF
Abooseeh, kkarah, and Dashoor: on the east,
the Nile and lts broad meadows widening into
the dim Delta north ward. the white line OF Cairo
under the Mokattam hills and the gray desert
beyond. ESspt Is a ribbon OF green between two
deserts" All this is straightforward, imper-
son |, and therefore vivid. The portrait Of the
Sphinx |. somewhat more elaborate.
Suddenly. turning n sand hill. we came upon
| II, the rude Hons body struQ 1ling out of the
| SAM, the human bead nfied no in thai sim
| majesty which we ali know. SO little OF the
| body s now visible. and tue features are so
much dam ged that II Is somewh difficult to
i'm gne what impression this monstrous union
| Of beast and m IN once produced, when all the
huge proportions stood revealed aud color gave
was cut from the back of the platform. ia back
was patched with pieces OF sandstone 70 make
tne contour Us head was soiid. Now on tue
sand. Trees Of the double crown of Upper
and Lower Esypt, which crowned tue head.
are seen on the I"rehesd, put me
| nnnr from the chin has been cnipped
iwav. The vast wig-the false mass Of hair that
, ,'c r'1 y, meau, VI cue
| the head ana adds Ger ain dignity In spite of
the broken condition Of the face, with the nose
TUav :. nas hpo ,h w. on, ihene gre
| tue full lips, the poetic chin. the blurred hut
| on-lookins ewes. ! think tue hrst feeling OF the
n,,i"n mi Inc syaeo ~ phn etas,i, iuas s
| becomes al par M 1t Is not diiiicult 10 believe
| that tnere Is smile on the sweet mouth and
| never ne t,rSotten. VIZ '''' ''NS WIN
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