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place into which many other holes or cavities opened, and after some examination by the Arabs, they entered one of them which was very narrow, and continued downward for a long way, through a craggy passage, till they came where two other apertures led to the interior in a horizontal direction. One of the Arabs then said, "This is the place."

OWEN.-Oh, mamma! how I should have trembled! Why did he point out that particular spot? Poor Belzoni! Far from the light of dayin a dark craggy passage in the midst of a dismal mummy cave, and attended only by two Arabs and one other man!

MRS. A.-Dismiss your fears, my love. The Arab pointed out this spot as being the situation of the sarcophagus; but Belzoni could not conceive how any thing so large as it had been described to him could have been taken through so small an aperture. He had no doubt but these recesses were burial places, as skulls and bones were strewed in all directions; but the sarcophagus could never have entered an aperture, which even Belzoni himself could not penetrate. One of the Arabs, however, succeeded, as did the interpreter, and it was agreed that Belzoni and the other Arab should wait their return. They certainly proceeded to a great distance, for the light disappeared, and only

a murmuring sound from their voices could be distinguished as they went on. After a few moments

a loud noise was heard, and the interpreter distinctly crying, "O mon Dieu! mon Dieu! Je suis perdu !"-a solemn silence ensued.

EMILY. Oh, mamma, how dreadful! Then he is really lost!

MRS. A.-Belzoni asked the Arab whether he had ever been in that place. He replied, "Never!"

EMILY. I think, mamma, that it would have been his best plan to return and procure help from the other Arabs.

MRS. A.-He wished to do so, but when he desired the man to show him the way out again, he said he did not know the road-he then calledno answer was returned-all was still as death-he watched for a long time-no candle appeared, and his own was almost burnt out.

OWEN.

This was an adventure indeed, mamma! I am sadly afraid the Arabs had some design on his life-do you not think he had better have endeavoured to find his way to the entrance?

MRS. A.-It was a complete labyrinth; however, he managed to return through some of the passages to that place, where, as I told you just now, there were many cavities. Here again he was puzzled; but at last, seeing one which appeared to be right, they proceeded through it a long way.

Their candles appeared likely to leave them in the dark, and in that case their situation would have been yet more deplorable.

BERNARD.-Why did not Belzoni put his own out, and save the other?-the Arab had one, you know.

MRS. A.-Belzoni had more forethought than my little Bernard has,-supposing that one had, by some accident, been extinguished.

BERNARD.-Right, mamma:--I forgot that. MRS. A.-At this time, supposing themselves near the outside of the tomb, what was their disappointment on finding there was no outlet, and that they must retrace their steps to that place whence they had entered this cavity. They strove to regain it, but were as perplexed as ever, and were both exhausted from the ascents and descents which they were obliged to pass. The Arab seated himself, but every moment of delay was dangerous.

OWEN.-I wonder Belzoni's ingenuity did not make him think of putting a mark at the entrance of each cavity as he examined it, and that plan, you know, might have helped him a little.

MRS. A.-He did so, but unfortunately thei candles were not long enough to last so many researches. However, hope, the cheering star of

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