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Chapter 10
Thehieroglyphicandcabalisticsymbolscutintherockweresomanagedastodisguiseit.Thecuttingwasdeep,andwascontinuedthroughtherockandtheportalsofthedoorway,andthroughthegreatslabwhichformedthedooritself.ThiswasfixedinplacewithsuchincredibleexactnessthatnostonechiselorcuttingimplementwhichIhadwithmecouldfindalodgmentintheinterstices.Iusedmuchforce,however;andbymanyheavystrokeswonawayintothetomb,forsuchIfoundittobe.ThestonedoorhavingfallenintotheentranceIpassedoveritintothetomb,notingasIwentalongironchainwhichhungcoiledonabracketclosetothedoorway.
"ThetombIfoundtobecomplete,afterthemannerofthefinestEgyptiantombs,withchamberandshaftleadingdowntothecorridor,endingintheMummyPit.Ithadthetableofpictures,whichseemssomekindofrecord—whosemeaningisnowforeverlost—graveninawondrouscolouronawondrousstone.
"Allthewallsofthechamberandthepassagewerecarvedwithstrangewritingsintheuncannyformmentioned.Thehugestonecoffinorsarcophagusinthedeeppitwasmarvellouslygraventhroughoutwithsigns.TheArabchiefandtwootherswhoventuredintothetombwithme,andwhowereevidentlyusedtosuchgrimexplorations,managedtotakethecoverfromthesarcophaguswithoutbreakingit.Atwhichtheywondered;forsuchgoodfortune,theysaid,didnotusuallyattendsuchefforts.
