The great pyramid passages and chambers

inspected,—the more extraordinary their grandeur appeared, and also the striking effects which, under the varying influence of the atmosphere, they continually presented. Preeminent in dimensions and antiquity over all other buildings in the world, they are alike admirable for the excellence of their masonry, the skill and science displayed in their construction, and the imposing majesty of their simple forms.”

527 ‘They require repeated examination to enable any one to comprehend their awiul and extraordinary proportions,’ the Colonel remarks in another place; and this we have found to be the case. Points of comparison have gradually attracted our attention which have helped to educate our eyes to appreciate properly the remarkable magnitude of the Great Pyramid. Several of these can be seen in our photographs. One of the most prominent is the size of the large mounds of rubbish which lie at the base. These are about 50 feet high in the middle, yet they appear insignificant in those photographs which show the full height of the Pyramid—Plates LXXVII & LXXIX. Another good point of comparison can be drawn from Plates Nos. CKLIV & XXXI, In the former (which was taken from the hill above Mena House Hotel, and shows our tents in front of the Great Pyramid), the angle-stones which lie above the Entrance appear quite small in comparison with the long sloping sides of the Pyramid ; but when these same stones are viewed at close quarters, as in No. XXXI, they are seen to be very large.

528 Mere size would not of itself, however, cause us to be attracted to the Great Pyramid more than to its companions. We have already alluded to other points of distinction; and each day as we have progressed with our work, these have become more impressed upon our minds. The chief distinction is the abundant proof that the Great Pyramid is God's stone ‘‘ Witness” in the land of Egypt (Isa. 19 : 19), and it is the knowledge of this which attracts us to the Great Pyramid to the almost total neglect of the others.

Much love in the Lord from us all, Your loving brother, MORTON EDGAR.

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