There is also neither a tree nor a hut, nor any other object which could serve to display their huge proportions by the force of contrast.
As it was still early in the day and not very hot, I preferred ascending the pyramid before venturing into its interior.

My servant took off my rings and concealed them carefully, telling me that this was a very necessary precaution, as the fellows who take the travellers by the hands to assist them in mounting the pyramids have such a dexterous knack of drawing the rings from their fingers, that they seldom perceive their loss until too late.
I took two Arabs with me, who gave me their hands, and pulled me up the very large stones.

Any one who is at all subject to dizziness would do very wrong in attempting this feat, for he might be lost without remedy.

Let the reader picture to himself a height of 500 feet, without a railing or a regular staircase by which to make the ascent.

At one angle only the immense blocks of stone have been hewn in such a manner that they form a flight of steps, but a very inconvenient one, as many of these stone blocks are above four feet in height, and offer no projection on which you can place your foot in mounting.