PREFACE.

PLACED in an amphitheatre of boundless extent, and surrounded by an immense variety of objects, young persons are naturally inquisitive, and delighted with every new accession of knowledge: and as truth is no longer deemed incompatible with amusement, the most pleasing mode of conveying the former appears to be to blend it with the latter.

Influenced by such a motive, the compiler of this little volume is induced to place it in the Juvenile Library; and she is happy in having an opportunity of acknowledging her thanks to the enterprising traveller, who has politely given her his permission to do so.

CHAP. III.

Emily amused with a description of Greenland.—Belzoni makes
the valley of Beban el Malook the scene of his researches.—
He enters and explores the tomb of Psammuthis.-Receives
a visit from Hamed Aga.-Returns to Cairo.-Visits the
Pyramids.-Time and purpose of their erection uncertain.-
Enters one which for more than one thousand years had ap-
peared a solid mass of stone.

CHAP. IV.

Belzoni's journey to the Red Sea.-Motives for going there.-
Inundation of the Nile.-The caravan crosses the Desert.-
Account of the Ababde, an independent tribe residing among
the rocks on the coast of the Red Sea.-Search for the an-
cient city of Berenice.-The boats of the Ababde fishermen
described. Discovers the remains of the Berenice mentioned
by a former traveller.-Returns towards Esne.-Meets with
two shepherd girls tending their sheep on the mountains.-De-
scription of the sufferings travellers undergo in crossing the
Deserts.-The caravan reaches the banks of the Nile.-Bel-
zoni returns to Gournou.

CHAP. V.

Dr. Franklin's kite.-Some sailors ascend Pompey's Pillar, by
means of a paper kite.-Removal of the Obelisk from the
island of Philoe.-It falls into the Nile.-Ingenious method
of raising it.—It is launched down the Cataract.—Arrives in

CONTENTS.

CHAP. I.

Bernard's picture.-Situation of Egypt.-Belzoni introduced.-
Motives for his going into Egypt.-Poor success of his hy-
draulic machine.-His thoughts turned towards the antiqui-
ties of the country.-Difficulty in removing Young Memnon
from Thebes to Cairo.-Belzoni's visit to a Mummy Cave.—
Deceit of the Arabs.-Egyptian customs.-Belzoni goes up
the Nile into Nubia.-Visits the island of Elephantine.-Ar-
rives at Ybsambul.-Attempts to open its magnificent Tem-
ple. Obliged for want of time and money to give up the
project. Visits the little isle of Mainarty.-Danger on the
Cataract. Returns to Thebes.-Removal of Young Memnon
to Cairo.-Belzoni resides for a short time at Rosetta.

CHAP. II.

Bernard's perseverance.-Belzoni's second voyage.-Rapid
journey from Minieh to Thebes.-Superb Temple at Carnac.
-Works carried on both at Gournou and Carnac.-Mummy
Caves.-Belzoni's object in entering them.-Manufactures of
the ancient Egyptians.-Their Jdols.-Curious Habitations at
Gournou. He revisits Ybsambul.-Opens the Temple.-Re-
turns highly gratified to Thebes.

CHAP. III.

Emily amused with a description of Greenland.-Belzoni makes
the valley of Beban el Malook the scene of his researches.-
He enters and explores the tomb of Psammuthis.-Receives
a visit from Hamed Aga.-Returns to Cairo.-Visits the
Pyramids.-Time and purpose of their erection uncertain.-
Enters one which for more than one thousand years had ap-
peared a solid mass of stone.

CHAP. IV.

Belzoni's journey to the Red Sea.-Motives for going there.-
Inundation of the Nile.-The caravan crosses the Desert.-
Account of the Ababde, an independent tribe residing among
the rocks on the coast of the Red Sea.-Search for the an-
cient city of Berenice.-The boats of the Ababde fishermen
described.-Discovers the remains of the Berenice mentioned
by a former traveller.-Returns towards Esne.-Meets with
two shepherd girls tending their sheep on the mountains-De-
scription of the sufferings travellers undergo in crossing the
Deserts.-The caravan reaches the banks of the Nile.-Bel-
zoni returns to Gournou.

CHAP. V.

Dr. Franklin's kite. Some sailors ascend Pompey's Pillar, by
means of a paper kite.-Removal of the Obelisk from the
island of Philoe.-It falls into the Nile.-Ingenious method
of raising it. It is launched down the Cataract.-Arrives in