Two large powerful men stood side by side; I mounted on their shoulders, and held fast by their heads, while they supported my feet in a horizontal position above the waters, which at some places reached almost to their armpits, so that I feared every moment that I should sit in the water.

Besides this, my supporters continually swayed to and fro, because they could only withstand the force of the current by a great exertion of strength, and I was apprehensive of falling off.

This disagreeable passage lasted above a quarter of an hour.
After wading for another fifteen minutes through deep sand, we arrived at the goal of our little journey.
The two colossal pyramids are of course visible directly we quit the town, and we keep them almost continually in sight.

But here the expectations I had cherished were again disappointed, for the aspect of these giant structures did not astonish me greatly.

Their height appears less remarkable than it otherwise would, from the circumstance that their base is buried in sand, and thus hidden from view.