The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-07-15
BILkINS IN EGYPT
The Major and Bob Contin-
ne 10 Explore the Ancient
Land.
's !. BOB AND THE SPHINX
The City Of ''On"-Tf. oas~tien L.
How IBID the Egyptians Handle
such Great nlocks Of sscnx--Tbe
Tempie Of karnak--som~ Fine
Sculpture.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.

Sculpture.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Cairo. Egypt. July s-SInce | srlt
you last. I hev been iumberin' er-
round q guide deal tryin' ter see all
the blasted curiosities they hev here
In Egypt An hit In job. some
times | ride Bob. an then ergin.
walk. Bob got a strate look at a
Spinx the other day an he heE bin
sorter skittish sinse that guess
he thought hit wux the blamdest
biggest man he had ever seed In awl
ov hiz born days. But Bob don't
seem ter mind lookin' at the Pyra-
mids an the other old plumber they
hev erbout here.
Not far from Cairo In a buried
city. In the Bible this city was cali
ed "On." But in the early days OF
modern history the name wuz chang
ed ter Heliopolis. But hit couldn't
stand that name an every building
hez disappeared an nobody seems ter
know what become ov hit. But stand
In on the former site ov the city In
a great obelisk. n solid stone shaft.
eight an a half feet in diameter at
the base an ninety-seven an a half
feet high.
Now that liz somethin' fer a guess
In match. People often wonder how
the great blocks ov stone used in
buildin' the pyramids wuz quarried
an brought such a great distance
thousands ov years ergo when they
neither had large ships nor railroads.
But this immense obelisk heads the
list. The nearest granite quarries
known In Egypt air at Assuan. more
than five hundred miles south Of
Cairo, hence this ohelisk must hev
bin Quarried then an then wuz got
ten to Cairo an set in position. But
how? So far az history kin tells the
Egyptians nor any other people In
that day. had ships or railroad trains.
except, ov course, small sai1in' ships.
To move one ov those CRATE stone
shafts even In our day would require
the best ov derricks. one oy the larg-
est Of ships. OF very substantial
freight train. fer they weigh thous-
ands of tons apiece. An they wuZ
carried more than Ave hundred miles
remember. One ov them wuz remoy-
ed from Egypt to Paris an wuz set
up In that city few years ergo. but
the Job nearly broke the French Gov
ernment. Egypt liz full ov mystery
and mysteries.
The temple ov Ammon. at Karnak.
liz one ov the crate sites in Egypt.
Hit wuZ built by long list ov Kings
an their names air engraved on
the part they had built. when finish
ed this temple wuZ called the
Throne of the World" One ov the
gates or doors to this temple liz three
hundred feet wide, which gives an
idea az to the size ov the buildin' i.
which must hev cost great amount.
fer nothin' but stone wuz used in
buiidin' hit. But, like awl the ancient
temples. hit liz now In ruins, wuz
probably shaken down by some CRATE
earthquake, no tellIn' how long ergo.
One ov the splendid historical scenes
in this temple IL a representation. In
stone. ov course. ov King Rameses
IIIreceiving prisoners from the god
Ammon, a warrior. after Egypt had
whipped several countries. The stone
images made 10 represent the pris-
oners air so good that the features
ov the different tribes. Israelites.
Ethiopians an Nubians can be told
apart to this day: In fact. they air
livin' people In stone. so guide IL the
| work ov the ancient sculptors.
| About six miles outside ov Cairo
air two ov the largest an highest
pyramids In Egypt-Cheops and
thought I'D ride him TO the top on
one ov them. but I didn't. I found
/ that hit wuz avl could do ter clint
/ up myself. assisted by o guide. Bu'
/ when I reached the top | found thai
the site wuz worth seein'. You kir
see fer many miles mp an down the
river Nile. can see just how far thu
productive land. reaches an manl
other interestin' sites air visible.
| These pyramids air built ov hug
blocks ov granite. most ov then
weighing many tons. They al
square In form, large at the bottor
and gradually get smaller until the'
practically come to a point at the tip
i Cairo IL the largest city In Egypt
and hez a population ov more thai
half a million. About thirty-hv'
thousand ov hits people air Euro
peans. The Greeks In the city mum
Der about 10000. then they Ia Ital
ians. French, English. Austrians an.
Germans. but not many Americans
III any.
II / Saw an ostrich farm" nea
Cairo. These birds. az tall az q man
an capable ov carryin' a man owe
the desert sands faster than a hors
/ could, air site. But their day
: erbout over. Trains, ortermobile
|. an fiyin' masheens will finally pu
) the ostrich out ov business.
II Cairo reminds me ov Constant
Il