. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. o which they belongedand handled without injury is absolutely marvelous. Theobelisks were completely finished on three sides beforethey were finally detached from their native rock. Thiswas done by boring numerous holes along a fixed line andthen driving in wooden wedges and pouring water on this manner the great masses were split from the faceof the cliff. These ancient stone-cutters also understoodthe art of splitting stones by heat.* From the granite quarries we ri
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. o which they belongedand handled without injury is absolutely marvelous. Theobelisks were completely finished on three sides beforethey were finally detached from their native rock. Thiswas done by boring numerous holes along a fixed line andthen driving in wooden wedges and pouring water on this manner the great masses were split from the faceof the cliff. These ancient stone-cutters also understoodthe art of splitting stones by heat.* From the granite quarries we ride out on the broad,sandy desert and continue our journey alone. We have adelightful ride and enjoy the solitude of the sandy is a time for thought and meditation, and who will besurprised to know that our mind is not in the desert, butwith loved ones at home! Shall we be permitted to seethem again? God knows. To him we commit all ourways and he will order all things well. In due time we reach the landing-place for the steam-ers, opposite Philae, where the steamer Oonas is moored. * Upper Egypt, page 277-.
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