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huge size of this grand work. Very
often the steps were so high, that I
could not reach them with my feet.
Indeed, for the most part, I was obliged
to climb on my hands and knees, get-
ting a good deal of assistance from the
step which one Arab made with his
knees, and the helping hand of another
above.”

The entrance to the inside of this
great pyramid, is about three feet
square. Then the passage winds along
up a steep ascent of eight or nine
feet, and afterwards falls into the main
passage, which is five feet high, and