The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-04-10
MORRISTOWN
VS.. EGYPT
"A TownSman Visits the Pyr.
arnids and They Call Up
Memories Of Home.
A KING VERY MUCH DEAD

CuTlOSlUy COnp6lS OuS w 1VcS hO uAluO
in seeing the Pyramids Of Gizeh, seven
or eight miles out OF Cairo. You can
drive out, go in an electric car for two
piasters (10 cents) or walk, but it is
better to ride, for you win need your
legs when you begin to climb.
The great Pyramid is 45O feet high
and originally covered thirteen acres.
Thirteen acres is about six times the
size of the Morristown Green, and four
hundred and fifty feet high, is proba-
bly, good deal higher than Fort
Nonsense is above the Green"
Nearly all the obelisks have been car
ried out Of Egypt so when people be-
gin to negotiate for Pyramids, it will
first be necessary to find location,
and nothing seems to be large enough
but a whole section Of land, mile
square. There are plenty of people
who would be willing to furnish the
land, for the glory of the gift, IL any
one could be found who would simply
pay for removal This Of itself would
be quite an undertaking, as it origi
nally took one hundred thousand men
twenty years to build them.
Probably Sturgis Bros, could do it
as we'll as any one, but it would re-
quire patience. We ascended the
Great Pyramid-it isn't as easy as it
looks-you select three Arabs out OF
the shouting mob, all claiming to be
the best in Egypt, TWO to pull and one
to boost. The booster boosts at the
wrong time, and the pullers win pull
your arms outfit you let them. When
part way up, they suddenly remember
they are not in business for their
health and demand bakshish, and be-
fore you reach the top, fearing you
will get tired they allow you to rest,
and reach for more bakshish, and ii
you are able to thrust your hand in
your pocket you are glad to do SO, its
a different motion from your star grab
bing experience. At the top you are
well repaid for your exertion. OF to
the east is Cairo and the Nile Valley,
to the west the great Sahara. The
Sphinx does not impress one as gener-
ally expected. This is owing to the
immensity of it's only near neighbors
and by it's being surrounded by high
banks of sand, for in reality, it is gil
gantic. If placed say in Central Park
it would seem tremendous. The ears
and nose are about six feet long and
the smile is still longer at least 1000
years long and very broad in proper
tion. The Spinx was said once to be
covered with enamel, and to have had
golden crown, but this cannot be
proved for what one man says is So
another man says isn't so-and there
you are.
Another thing impresses you as you
alight from your carriage at the foot
Of the group of Pyramids and are ready
to climb. You discover you are not
thoroughly there-as at Washington
when going up Pennsylvania avenue
towards the capitol-it is always a
little further on. So with the Pyra-
m1ds, they are SO vast they seem near,
but you find you are still good half
mile away. One of the interesting OBJ
jects in the great Boulac Museum in
Cairo is the Mummy of Rameses, H.,
the oppressor of Moses and the Israel
ites-the Red Sea Pharaoh we used to
dream of and next to him Seti, the
Pharaoh, who was drowned in the Red
Sea. Both old gentlemen have chang
ed but little since my last visit Of
year ago age does not them to effect
them. They are now fully $500 years
old and still very determined looking.
/ spent two hours in looking at Ram
ese, III. He had red hair and stubby
red beard several teeth are visible
he looks like an oppressor and / am
glad he is dead, / should like to tell
you of the interesting sights in Cairo,
there are enough to keep one busy
long time.
We left Cairo at 10 o'clock one morn
ing for three-weeks' voyage up the
Nile. We were to stop at all places of
Importance and historic interest for
900 miles, our tour terminating at
Assouan Our houseboat was just
the sweetest thing on water large
airy cabins, decks SO clean a white
dress would not be soiled by contact,
covered with Turkish rugs, plenty Of
wicker chairs, settees and hammocks,
piano, etc, and table provided with
the best to be obtained. Well, it isn't
likely the Egyptian had more. AS we
iourneyed "up south" it became
warmer, and thin clothing was in or
der, but we didn't suffer, it was just
delightful.
The Egyptian hOusefy looks exactly
like the Jersey brand, but there the
resemblance stops Have you seen
them? II you have you have not for
gotten them. they are very tame, very
affectionate, very clinging; they liter
ally stick closer than a brother, and
never know when to take a hint.
They win crawl into your nose and
ears, and think it great fun to hear
you swear. The only way is to kill
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