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23O TRAVELS IN ASIATIC TURKEY, which has been thus thrown up is broken down with great ceremony, and the waters allowed to pass through Grand Cairo by the canal which is by Savary denominated the Prince of the Faithful. In passing through the gateway which leads to Old Cairo be- neath the aqueduct, 1 met with several columns of red spotted granite, some of which were in a tolerably perfect state, and were more than forty feet in length, with a diameter of five feet. I visited in the evening a bath situated near the house in which we were It lodged. differed in this respect from the baths of Corir stantinople, that it was necessary to descend into a square cistern of warm water, supported to a certain height by the constant intro- duction of that fluid. The bath was very neat, and paved with marbles of different colours, which were so disposed as to resemble a tesselated pavement. Indeed, the floors of the greater part of the principal houses at Cairo are paved in this manner, so as to produce a cool and pleasing effect. Cairo and its dependencies were on the above day evacuated by the French, agreeably to the convention. They were accompanied on their march by the British troops and a part of the Turkish army. British garrisons were at the same time thrown in Giza and Fort Ibrahim Bey. The baggage belonging to the French was sent down the river in an immense number of germs. On the morning of the 16th I rode to the Jilekias or Nilometer; it derives its name from the use to which it has been dedicated, Mekias signifying, a measure. It is situated on the southern extremity of the island of Ronda, which, when compared with the country we had recently passed through, had the appearance of a nicely cultivated garden. Within this building there is a lofty stone column, provided with a capital of the Corinthiafi order. It rises from a square deep basin, its inferior extremity having a communication with the Nile, the waters of which, in ascending, have a free inlet. Upon the column are marked the different degrees of the elevation of the waters; and these degrees are noted down in proportion as the river rises or falls. In the former of these cases, when it has ascended to the height of fourteen cubits, the mound which had been thrown up at the mouth of the canal, denominated the canal of the Prince of the Faithful, is broken down, to the end that the refreshing and fertilizing waters may Spread themselves through the city, and over the whole of the adjacent level country to the- northward of Grand Cairo, &c.
SYRIA, EGYPT, GERMANY, &C. 2^1 On the above day his Highness the Grand Vizier made his public entry into Cairo, under a general discharge of artillery, and amidst the acclamations of the inhabitants, who were assembled in immense numbers on this great and solemn occasion. The whole of the ceremony was conducted without the smallest confusion. CHAPTER XIII. Excursion to the pyramids of Giza. The three great pyramids. Entrance ints the great pyramid. Dimensions of the great pyramid. Of the chambers nvithinside. Passages into the pyramid. Gallery. The great sphynx. Ves- tiges of antique buildings. Ascent to the summit of the exitrior. Distant 'uie-Tv of the pyramids of Saccaia. Present from the Sultan to the Vizier. Ceremony on this occasion. Festival on the birth-day of the mother of Maho- med. Marriage procession at Cairo. Details relative to the plague. Indis- position of the Grand Vizier. Death of Mr. Whiteman. Unheal! hiness of the climate of Egypt. Excessive heat. The date-tree and its fruit. Opening of the canal. Inundation of the Nile. Interesting conversation ivith an Abyssinian priest. Confirmation of Bruce's authenticity. Voyage in com- pany vjitb Mr. Clarke a?id others to vievj the pyramids of Saccara, and the Plain of Mummies. Sheick Atman. Airab marriage. Pyramids of '.Sao cara. Plain of the Mummies. Suppofed site of Memphis. Defccnt into the catacombs. Horrid appearance. Pit or catacomb of birds. Egyptian idols. ABOUT this period I made an excursion, with a party, to the pyramids of Giza, of which the three principal are in a tolerable state of preservation. Several of a smaller size are situated very near to each other, in a direction from east to west, behind the former. One cf the latter, however, built of a soft calcareous stone, was, when 1 saw them, rapidly falling to decay. Of the three great pyramids one is of an extraordinary bulk ; the second is but little inferior to it in size; and the third comparatively small, but the proportions of it would be considered as verv great, if it was placed in an isolated state from the others. This smalicrof the three principal pyramids appears to have been finish..
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