Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-16

the platform and turn the eggs. About
81 per cent of the eggs hatch. Ihat
no larger percentage results is because
the Eggs are obtained from IN
small lots II of all ages They say
it takes % days to hatch eggs in t.gyp,.
Some travellers take an outfit and
caraNan of camels and &c out i'll the
desert for several DAYS to some GASES
for the experience.
had a little experience in riding a
camel at tho Pyramids and / was sat
isficd. III camel knelt down While
| mounted and when it arose ii was
like starting up in an elevator. The
saddle has n horn in front and also
a horn behind. The front horn is to
hold on to. but | failed to isc"Ne the
! purpose OF the back horn. The first
step of the camel caused a backward
motion of my body. so that the horn
caught me in the small of the hack.
The next step precipitated me forward
on the front horn. The camel has four
separate motions. one for each foot. II
looked so easy when we saw the
natives riding with the swaying
motion of their bodies. that it APP
f,eared as if any ono could do ii. but
did not get onto the combination"
All sorts OF affairs are at the pNla-
mids fortune ~tellers. photographers
and vendors OF articlesmSo that during
tiiF I tt olt lie newer Tree iitit SpllNt-
tation. The great pyramid fulfilled eN-
pectations. 1t is immense. There are
about 100 courses of stone from three
to three and one half feet high. which
are to be ~surmounted If anyon climbs
to the top. II requires two Arabs in
front hold of each hand and one behind
to push the traNeler up.
After seeing Someon attempt the
ascent. it did not look good 10 ne. and
did not climb il. II Is customary to
bargain with the shieS who controls
the privileges for the assisting Arabs.
who also expect "hakShiSh' at the end
and usually hold up" the traveller mid
WAY also. \ friend described the plight
he was in when midway mp \ demand
for "bakshish" MAS made, and refused
peremptorily. Then one OF the Arabs
asked my friend to leave his finger
mark on the stone. which he ohiigingiy
did. n Immediately one of the Arabs
proceeded to tell a fortune and de
rmande,i 5O cents for MS talent" which
my friend refused TO pay. After con-
siderable parieytng. the ascent Was re-
stunned and my friend falt the hold of
the Arabs loosen at critical places. and
when 400 feet in the air. standing on
a narrow ledge. under such circun-
stances he concluded his life was an
iaREered and SO he said. Il think that
fortune YOU told me vas worth so
cents. and gave him the money. After
that he WAS looked after with great
cara All travellers have similar eNper-
fences at the pyramids and no help for
il. as bargains do not count. n the
American who resists imposition. and 1t
is a national characteristic to do so.
for o1ce Is in a position where he has
IA swallow his pride and comply with
demands that GO "ag.a the grain"
The interior OF the pyramid can be
reached by a rour-'rot high passage
and many travellers enter. but say it is
Rot ~o-th the exertion. as IL is a hot.
dirty trap and usually spoiss a suit OF
cSosfssA A ssnway from Cairo will
ard q paKxenEar within a quarter OF
n mile 81 the pyramid in about 40 min
as@s where there ara donkeyS and
sansefs To ride. IL one wishes to do so.
hsfs so ~aIk IL easy.
Tr4 sphinx does not look ar large
~ tEha picture. seem to represent it.
and ~ rather disappointing In appear
snc~. Perhaps Ne had formed too ex-
sgg~raset an t5ea Of liz size and fea-
lures frpn esrfy pictures. The pyramid,
however, II q sufficient memory.
I n1ust close this hastily written and
rambling letter. and there Is no better
pFaee to- leave my friends than at the
pyramid, which. a. Napoleon said to
mis- .ArIstierss Forty centuries are ook-
inS down upon YOU.
You truly.
Jonathan w. Brown.