Visit to the Pyramids. – Ascent of the Great Pyramid. – Interior. – Traditions and History about the Pyramids. – The Sphinx. – Farewell to Ancient Egypt.

The form which has been adopted in the construction of the Pyramids, and the solidity which has been given them, are well worthy of admiration. When we meditate deeply on the construction of the Pyramids, we are compelled to acknowledge that men of the greatest genius have employed in combination their best powers; and that the subtlest minds have exhausted their deepest resources; that the most enlightened souls have exercised in profusion all the abilities that they possessed which could be applied to these constructions. The pyramids are constructed of great stones, from ten to twenty cubits long, and two or three cubits in the breadth and thickness. The most admirable particular of the whole is the extreme nicety with which these stones have been prepared and adjusted.