Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-03-03

that they are impressive is moth
ing, they fill us with an over
whelming sense of inSignificance
and of the greatness of the peO-
pie who built them. And the
Sphinx, as we toiled through the
hot sand down toward it, some
four or five hundred yards from
the large pyramid, Father of
TerrOrS" as it is called by the
Arabs, how impressive is this
woman headed lion, as sculptur-
ed out of the rock, it rises sixty
feet above the yellow sand, its
back towards the desert, and its
once gracious face, now disfig-
ured by the loss of the moss, to-
wards the green and fertile
plains. There it has stood for
centuries, staring right ON with
calm eternal eyes," Around the
base of the Sphinx were grouped
a number of Arabs, with camels
TO hire to visitors, to have their
photograph taken or to ride
around the pyramid. 1t was so
warm standing in the sand, that
We were compelled to drag our
selves away to seek shelter from
the sun, in the court of a Caffa.
As the sun declined a cool breeze
sprung up and our return jOurn-
ey to Cairo was made pleasant.
One of our Nile expeditions was
to Memphis, some four hours
Steaming up the river in one of
the COak'S boats. There was a
cold head wind that made it some
what unpleasant to remain for
ward on the dock, but | was
bound to see all that could be
seen along the banks of this old
river. We landed on the right
bank of the river and walked
across a plain of sand of about a
quarter of a mile to lagoon,
here we were carried across to
the higher banks by a large boat,
pOled on by four large Swarthy
men wearing the Arab dress. On
the other side we found our
asses waiting for us with a large
number of dOnkeyS, men and
boys. We mounted our asses and
rode through the village of Nit
raheriny to the NecrOuOlis Be-
yOnd the palm groves and wide
green plain were seen fringing
the borders of the Libyan desert,
the pyramids Of DaSkur, Sakkara
and AbOukir. We saw among the
palm trees the colossal statue of
ROmeiSs lying on its back, erect
ed for himself and placed in front
o. the great gateway of the mag
nificent temple dedicated to
Pthah, the Egyptian Vulcan. The
temple is gone and the statue is
lying on its back; and strange
to say the profile is mild and gen.
tie of this cruel king. We rode
out to the Metropolis of the sac
red bull. We descended into this
gigantic cemetery and looked in
amazement ON the long galleries
hewn out of the rock, and on the
high arched vaults, under each
OF which is placed a black mar
Bile SarcOphaguO, Sculptured with
IN and without, in which was
placed the mummy of the sacerd
bull. These galleries we saw by
the help of a lighted candle. Not
far from the Serapenm and Late
ly discovered is the fine temple
Of Prince Tihi belonging to dy-
nasty some 1900 years before Mos
eS, On the walls of the entrance
and the inner chamber are the
llkeneSes of Tihi and his wife
and a description Of their whole
history, the eOlOrs being as fresh
as If they had just been laid on.
After seeing the wonders of tenn
pies and the splendid tOmbs of
bulls and kings, | returned to
the village by the banks of the
new canal and reached the boat
hot, tired and sore, and my an
ger boiling at high point at my
donkey man and boy, for wher.
ever there is a man a boy will be