. The Saturday magazine . that of the Sultan, and the other, that of theVizier, but most probably they belonged to rich landedproprietors. The remaining excavations do not merit parti-cular notice; they are nearly filled up with rubbish, andwith fragments of mummies. A similar tomb was seen byBurckhardt, in an insulated hill about two miles from theriver, near the village of Kette in Nubia, in very goodpreservation, and the paintings as bright in their colours,as those on the walls of the tombs at Thebes. Near to the village and to the North, a mass of rock isseen standing distinct from the mo
. The Saturday magazine . that of the Sultan, and the other, that of theVizier, but most probably they belonged to rich landedproprietors. The remaining excavations do not merit parti-cular notice; they are nearly filled up with rubbish, andwith fragments of mummies. A similar tomb was seen byBurckhardt, in an insulated hill about two miles from theriver, near the village of Kette in Nubia, in very goodpreservation, and the paintings as bright in their colours,as those on the walls of the tombs at Thebes. Near to the village and to the North, a mass of rock isseen standing distinct from the mountain-chain : this hasbeen quarried into its present form, which, from its regu-larity, and from the stratified nature of the stone, gives itthe appearance of an arcliitectural erection ; it is hollowedout into a chamber, with two enormous piers and an isolatedcolumn left supporting the roof. From the direction of theentrances, and the care apparent in the work, it is proba-ble that it. was intended for some sacred GROTTO AT EL-KAB. The following narrative will give our readers some ideaof the danger that attends the examination of these com-plicated passages ; the author, Mr. Legh, with two other per-sons, set out to explore some mummy-pits near Manfalout,on the Nile, having, by a reward, persuaded four Arabs ofthe neighbourhood to be their guides. After an hoursmarch in the desert, we arrived at the spot, which wefound to be a pit or circular hole, ten feet in diameter, andeighteen feet deep; we descended without difficulty, andthe Arabs began to strip, and proposed to us to do thesame; we partly followed their example, but kept on ourtrousers and shirts. It was now decided that three of theArabs should go with us, while the other remained outsidethe cavern.— We formed therefore a party of six, ourtorches were lighted, one Arab led the way, and I followedhim. We crept through an opening at the bottom of thepit for seven or eight yards, which was partly choked upwith
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