Annals of industry and genius . ple machinery asBelzoni was able to get made under his directionsat Cairo. He thus describes his first sight of thetreasure,— As T entered the ruins my first thoughtwas to examine the colossal bust I had to take found it near the remains of its body and chair,with its face upwards, and apparently smiling onme at the thought of being taken to En/jland. Thisimaginative trait gives us a clue to the genuinenature of the man, who could thus, in the face ofobstacles sufficient to daunt the most stout-liearted,find, if not Sermons in stones, a mute eloquencewhic
Annals of industry and genius . ple machinery asBelzoni was able to get made under his directionsat Cairo. He thus describes his first sight of thetreasure,— As T entered the ruins my first thoughtwas to examine the colossal bust I had to take found it near the remains of its body and chair,with its face upwards, and apparently smiling onme at the thought of being taken to En/jland. Thisimaginative trait gives us a clue to the genuinenature of the man, who could thus, in the face ofobstacles sufficient to daunt the most stout-liearted,find, if not Sermons in stones, a mute eloquencewhich sufficed to prompt him to successful had now found his proper sphere, and hence-forward he devoted himself entirely to the work ofexploring the marvels of this wondrous land, and, ashis employer states, his great talents and uncommongenius for mechanics enabled him, with singularsuccess, both at Thebes and other places, to discoverobjects of the rarest value which had long baffled 106 SMALL MEANS, OUEAT S FlKbT SIGHT Or THE YOUNGKK SIEMNON. the researches of the learned ; and witli trifling meansto remove colossal fragments which appear, by theirown declaration, to have defied the efforts of the able AN HERCULEAN TASK, 107 engineers who accompanied the French army. Hisnext undertaking was to proceed beyond the secondcataract, with the purpose of opening the magnificenttemple at Ipsamboul. This was a work of great diffi-culty and no inconsiderable risk, and presentedobstacles which probably nothing but the personalstrength and persevering spirit of Belzoni could haveenable him to overcome. Every obstruction, however,seemed destined to fall before the sagacity and giganticefforts of this extraordinary man. The natives whomhe had hired to assist him, after working a few days,refused to go on, and finally left the party to its ownresources. Thus deserted, Belzoni, with the assist-tance of Mr. Beechy, who had accompanied him, deter-mined to persist
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