. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . nt to the top or descend tothe interior, we selected two Arabs, to aid us in running along thenarrow ledges, and in passing over the dangerous projections andangles, and forthwith began to ascend. At first the way seemeddifficult of ascent, but as we proceeded, and rose from one step toanother, we gradually became familiar with our position, and learnedto be bold. Our track lay along the north-eastern angle, wheretime and the irresistible storms which annually sweep over thedesert have tumbled down many of the stones, and thus made, at
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . nt to the top or descend tothe interior, we selected two Arabs, to aid us in running along thenarrow ledges, and in passing over the dangerous projections andangles, and forthwith began to ascend. At first the way seemeddifficult of ascent, but as we proceeded, and rose from one step toanother, we gradually became familiar with our position, and learnedto be bold. Our track lay along the north-eastern angle, wheretime and the irresistible storms which annually sweep over thedesert have tumbled down many of the stones, and thus made, atvarious heights, resting places for the traveller. Looking upwardalong the face of the pyramid, the steps seem to ascend to the clouds;and if you turn your eyes below, the height looks dizzy, prodigious*fearful, and the people at the bottom appear to be shrunk to dwarfs,The prospect of the country enlarges at every step; the breadth of THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH. 89 the pyramid diminishes sensibly; and at length, after considerabletoil, you find yourself upon. THE TOP OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. A number of large blocks of an unfinished layer occupy a portionof the square area, and serve the traveller as a desk to write are covered with the names of innumerable visitors, of allnations, cut deep in the stone ; but I saw none to which any greatcelebrity is attached. It was now about mid-day, and the sun, entirely free from clouds,smote upon the pyramid with great vehemence, so that, with thewarmth produced by the labor of the ascent and the ardor of its rays,we experienced a heat resembling that of an oven. The air wasclear, and our view unimpeded on all sides. To the south, scatteredin irregular groups, were the pyramids of Sakkarah, Abousir, andDashour, glittering in the sun, like enormous tents, and appearing,from their number, and the confusion of their arrangement, toextend to an unknown distance ,into the desert. On the west wasthe wilderness of Lybia, stretching away to the e
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