Smyrna times., 1895-04-03

Der, or as high as you can get on th,
inside OF the pyramid. 1t is three hun
dred and twenty-five feet from the bas,
and is quite large room, being about
ninety feet long, about sixty broad and
about sixty high. The roof of tbi,
chamber is made of two large stones
leaning against each other like an in.
verted V. We rested in here and viewed
the sarcophagus which held the bodv
of Rameses II.
Alter resting some time, we began
our descent. 1t seemed Very much as
II the guides tried to get each man
seperate and then try and extort some
money from them. They tried il ON
me and really felt afraid. but mt on
brave lace and told them that If tbev
ala not continue their Journey down T
would knock them down. Thev tool
the oluH and finally brought me To the
entrance of the pyramid. I felt so re.
HeVed that l opened my heart and gave
each Two shillings, 48 cents: and the two
seemed really hurt that [ did not give
them any more. After we had ali as,
mDled again, we took camels and
went oOwn to the Sphinx. She is NOT
very beautiful now, as nearly all of her
nCTe O9 ~ gone and part of lips and ears
Inc crowd grouped together and had
thsir pictures taken. After seeing ali
70 70 De seen there, we came back to
Ghlzeh and Cheops and started the
ascent OF the latter. After we reached
Ihe top, one of the guides told us that
Tor nifty cents he would 90 down and
up the other in ten minutes and soid
that IT he did not do it in the snecifaJ
time he did not want ANYTHING The
majority OF us thought that it was i'm
Posslole so told him to go ahead.
G9oK out my watch and told him to 20.
ne went, and the way he went was
truly wonderful. He would take two
or Ihree steps at time IL or Is feet( |
ana would stay on the step lust long
enough to recover himself when he was |
gone again. From the apex of Cbeops |
10 the base is 430 feet He made it in |
Iew seconds over three minutes. He
ran about three hundred wards to
Ghlzeh and up that just like monkey
Dy the tlme he had reached the apex
Ghlzeh (4lO feet) the watch recorded
nine minutes and fifteen seconds. This
ieiloW, the guide, told US, has been do.
ing this for the last twelve wears. After
we came down we were resting. when
carriage passed with four ladies' in H.
AS soon as they saw us thew took a
large American flag and waved it atus
we raised our caps and the carriage
stopped. One of the ladies introduced
herself as Mrs. John A. Logan and in
,roduced US to Mrs. f. w. Vanderbilt
NJ Mrs. Logan is one of the wealtbiest of
Jhicago's 400" Met lots of American
lnd English people at the pyramids
Inc guide told us that we had seen
'Verythlng to be seen so we started
lome ''' 'ou
All along the road, children wonId
'nn out and follow the carriage. CRYING {
oacksheesh" for q distance Of a miIe t
+ more. The donkey drivers should /
ONE IN here for a considerable mem !
ION. The drivers, usually bows about y
or years old) follow the donkey f
,ith whip wherever you want to 90. C
nus SIX of these boys followed the t.
len that went on donkeys to the pvra. il
lids for distance of ten miles. nearly il
II OF the time at a dead run. Came tl
ack TO Cairo and visited the English "
arr in which are stationed over I
JOO men. Left Cairo at AS D. m.and Il
rived in Alexandria at 900 and came o.
Immediately on board Leave on the
% INST. for Jaffa and will 90 to Jeru- p
lem before l write again. bl