THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN the ground near his tent and laid his " find " in it, he covered it over with sand.

The next morning, with the help of five hundred men, he continued the work of pulling down the pyramid. He first pulled down the chamber wherein he had found the treasure and the "masso," and then dug up layer by layer the stones beneath it. The removal' of the upper part of the pyramid from A to B occupied fifteen days, and at B, that is to say in the centre of the pyramid, he found a niche, or small chamber, formed of three blocks of stone. Having removed the stones, THE PYRAMID AT MERGE DEMOLISHED BY FERLINI. A—The chamber where the jewellery was found. B—The chamber where the two bronze vessels were found. C—The place where Cailliaud's name was cut.

he saw a piece of linen stuff, and beneath it were two vases in bronze, " of the most beautiful forms, and so well preserved that " one would have said that they had just left the hands of the " workman." The work of twenty days more enabled Ferlini to clear away the remainder of the pyramid down to the level of the hill, where he found large slabs of black stone. The chapel, on one of the walls of which was cut the name of " Cailliaud," he left standing, but he broke off and carried away the portion of the ' About the disposal of the "masso" he is silent.

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