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A pilgrimage to the temples and tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and ...

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THE VOCAL MEMNON. 281<br />

par<strong>to</strong>ok <strong>of</strong> c<strong>of</strong>Fee <strong>and</strong> pipes ; he afterwards sent<br />

us a present <strong>of</strong> a goose <strong>and</strong> some Turkish bread,<br />

<strong>and</strong> we returned <strong>the</strong> compliment with English<br />

gunpowder. After breakfast we crossed over<br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> western bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nile, in order <strong>to</strong><br />

commence our exploration <strong>of</strong> Thebes, by visiting<br />

Medinet Habou. On our way thi<strong>the</strong>r we rode<br />

by <strong>the</strong> two colossal statues, gigantic as those that<br />

guard <strong>the</strong> portals <strong>of</strong> Ibsamboul, which are seated<br />

on <strong>the</strong> plain <strong>of</strong> Thebes, <strong>the</strong>ir backs <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Libyan<br />

mountains, <strong>the</strong>ir faces turned <strong>to</strong>wards <strong>the</strong> river,<br />

looking like <strong>the</strong> ruins <strong>of</strong> ano<strong>the</strong>r world. The<br />

nor<strong>the</strong>rnmost <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se colossi is generally ad-<br />

mitted <strong>to</strong> be <strong>the</strong> Vocal Statue <strong>of</strong> Memnon ; <strong>the</strong>

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