On the smaller blocks I sprang from one to the other; when a stone of three or four feet in height was to be encountered, I let myself glide gently down; and I accomplished my descent with so much grace and agility, that I reached the base of the pyramid long before my servant.

Even the Arabs expressed their pleasure at my fearlessness on this dangerous passage.
After eating my breakfast and resting for a short time, I proceeded to explore the interior.

At first I was obliged to cross a heap of sand and rubbish; for we have to go downwards towards the entrance, which is so low and narrow that we cannot always stand upright.

I could not have passed along the passage leading into the interior if the Arabs had not helped me, for it is so steep and so smoothly paved that, in spite of my conductor's assistance, I slid rather than walked.

The apartment of the king is more spacious, and resembles a small hall.