The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-12

and fro by Arabs and Bedouins; groups of women are carrying Nile wa ter homewards.
 According to Herodotus, the Great Pyramid was built by Cheops, who reigned in 3733 B. c. It is 755 feet square at the base, and 451 feet high, or, in other words, it occupies an area of thirteen acres. A little further off is the Second Pyramid, built by Chefren, king of the Nth dynasty. The height of the pyramid is 45O feet and it Is TOO feet at the base, and therefore 1t Is almost as imposing as the first pyra- mid; in fact, at a distance one would take it to be the highest of the two, Which is due to its being built on raised ground. The Third Pyramid is close to the other two pyramids, and Is 2l5 feet high, while the width at the base is $50 feet. There are theories in numerabe as to the purpose for which the pyran-ids were erected, but it has now been proved beyond doubt that they were destined to receive che re mains of the ancient kings
 Having seen and wandered about the pyramids we now approached most reverently that huge monster, the Sphinx, the wonder of Egyptian won ders, the once worshipped beast who preceded and outliVed all other deities in the land of Egypt, the Horus or Sun God of the ancient Egyptians. The monster lies outstretched in full digni- ty proud of it's past. It is masculine in form. The body is 40 feet long and the paws protrude 50 feet more. It is 70 feet from the ground to the top of the head.
 We spent one afternoon in the Ma tional Museum of Antiquity, which is a , living record of the early might and glory of ancient Egypt, It contains a fine collection of royal mummies among its many interesting objects of antiqui- ty We took one of Cooks excursions up the Nile and visited the ancient city of Memphis, about fifteen miles from Cairo. It Is difficult to imagine that enc stands upon the site of this ancient city were it not for the presence of the two gigantic statues of Rameses IL the twin colossi which that monarch erected in front of the Pylon of the Temple of Ptah in memory of his deliv- erance from the fire at Pelusium. The monsters, which measure some forty
 feet, are now broken, and the one iU
 black granite lies resting on stnal mound, whilst It's fellow, which has
 been scuptured in grained limestone has been honored by the modern world by having a wooden structure erected around it, where curious visitors from all corners of the g.obe come to gaze or the wonders of an ancient Egypt. Thus 1t stands, the only witness of the
 might and grandeur of city upon whom the terrible prophecy of Jeremi- ah-' Memphis shall become a desert'-- was fulfilled. All that remains of the historic east are some broken bricks and rubbish mounds. During our stay in Cairo we visited the toinIhs of the Khalifs including the splendid Tomb Mosque of Kait Bey and Sultan Bar kenk; also the tombs of the Mameluke Suftans in another part of the city. In bringing this letter to a close will mention the bazaars which we vis- ited one morning. It is here that the Arabs are seen to their greatest ad- vantage in their true Oriental fashion and glory. Here is seen the rich ner- chant In his costly silk garb, mingling with simple country folks and the low CT grades covered with rags. The shop keepers generally ask three oS four times as much as they are prepared to take.
 CHARLES D. SHERMAN,