it was with those of our ingenious friend. The Bashaw took it into his head to have the oxen taken out of the wheel, in order to see, by way of frolic, what effect the machine would have by putting fifteen men into it. Poor James, the Irish lad you know, had entered along with them, but no sooner had the wheel turned once round than they all jumped out, leaving the boy alone in it. The wheel of course, overbalanced by the weight of the water, turned back with such velocity that the catch was unable to stop it. James was thrown out, and in the fall broke one of his thighs. Belzoni contrived to stop the wheel before it did farther injury, which might have been fatal to him.

OWEN. How shocking, mamma! I am not at all pleased with those fifteen men, and I foresee what is coming. The Turks are so superstitious, that they would consider such an accident happening to a new invention as a bad omen-and thus I fear Belzoni's ingenuity will be thrown away.

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MRS. A.You are not mistaken. Bashaw was persuaded to abandon the affair, and the project of Belzoni being thus consigned to oblivion, he turned his thoughts to the antiquities of the country, and, possessing a spirit for investigation, determined to make some researches.

A gentleman of the name of Burckhardt, had for a long time premeditated the removal of a colossal bust, known by the name of young Memnon,, to England, and had often tried to persuade Ali to send it as a present to his Majesty; however, the Turk did not suppose it worth sending to so great a person. But Belzoni, knowing how much that gentleman wished it, proposed to undertake its conveyance from Thebes to Alexandria, and, with the Bashaw's consent, to forward it from thence to England. He now, therefore, prepared to go up the Nile.

EMILY.-At present he is at Soubra, three miles from Cairo; and where is the bust, mamma? Had Belzoni any motive for wishing to remove it, besides that of pleasing his friend?

MRS. A.-He was directed to search for this immense statue on the southern side of a ruined temple, in the vicinity of a village called Gournou, near Carnac, and it was intended to present it to the British Museum.

EMILY.-Here is Carnac, mamma, just by Thebes, I have traced the course of the Nile from Cairo, with my little finger, upon map, until it has brought me to it. Gournou is not marked, but I know its situation.

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MRS. A.-Belzoni was requested to spare neither expense nor trouble, in getting it as speedily conveyed to the banks of the river

as possible. So he hired a boat, with four sailors, a boy, and a captain. Every thing was soon ready for their departure from Soubra. The whole of the implements, for the operation of removing the bust, consisted of a few poles and ropes of palm leaves. Mrs. Belzoni accompanied her husband, and they agreed to stay and examine any ruins they might pass on the road.

BERNARD. But poor James, the Irish boy

-where was he, mamma ?

MRS. A.-He was, happily,able to accompany them. And now, you must follow their course on the map, from Boolac, where they embarked, to Thebes. In six days they arrived at Siout, the capital of Upper Egypt, and from thence they went to Acmin, where they landed to visit the fathers of a convent; and again proceeded, with curiosity highly raised, towards the noted temple of Tentyra. This is the first Egyptian temple the traveller sees, on ascending the Nile, as well as the most magnificent. BERNARD. It is just on the banks of that river, mamma.

It is two miles

MRS. A.-No, my love. from the Nile, and Belzoni and his party having landed, set off on asses, and proceeded to the ruins. Little could be seen of the temple, till they came near it, as it is surrounded by high mounds of rubbish.

BERNARD.-Ah, Belzoni! I should like to have rode on my own little Smiler beside you!

MRS. A,-When he arrived there, he was for some time at a loss to know in what part to begin his examinations. The numerous objects before him struck him with surprise and astonishment-the immense masses of stone employed in the edifice the majestic appearance of its construction-the variety of its ornaments, and the excellent preservation in which he found it, had such an effect upon Belzoni, that he seated himself on the ground, lost in delight and admiration.

LAURA-I suppose, mamma, that this temple is the cabinet of the Egyptian arts, --and I think I have heard papa say, that it is supposed to have been built during the reign of the first Ptolemy.

MRS. A.-It is not improbable that he who studied to render himself beloved by his people, might erect such an edifice to convince the Egyptians of his superiority of mind, over the ancient kings of Egypt, even in religious devotion.

It will take us too long to describe this famous temple minutely; when Mr. and Mrs. Belzoni had gratified their curiosity, they returned to their little boat, and embarked for Thebes.