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           "WestayedaroundtheValleyoftheSorcerer,tillwehadcopiedroughlyallthedrawingsandwritingsonthewalls,ceilingandfloor.WetookwithustheSteleoflapislazuli,whosegravenrecordwascolouredwithvermilionpigment.Wetookthesarcophagusandthemummy;thestonechestwiththealabasterjars;thetablesofbloodstoneandalabasterandonyxandcarnelian;andtheivorypillowwhosearchrestedon’buckles’,roundeachofwhichwastwistedanuraeuswroughtingold.WetookallthearticleswhichlayintheChapel,andtheMummyPit;thewoodenboatswithcrewsandtheushaptiufigures,andthesymbolicamulets.

           "Whencomingawaywetookdowntheladders,andatadistanceburiedtheminthesandunderacliff,whichwenotedsothatifnecessarywemightfindthemagain.Thenwithourheavybaggage,wesetoutonourlaboriousjourneybacktotheNile.Itwasnoeasytask,Itellyou,tobringthecasewiththatgreatsarcophagusoverthedesert.Wehadaroughcartandsufficientmentodrawit;buttheprogressseemedterriblyslow,forwewereanxioustogetourtreasuresintoaplaceofsafety.Thenightwasananxioustimewithus,forwefearedattackfromsomemaraudingband.Butmorestillwefearedsomeofthosewithus.Theywere,afterall,butpredatory,unscrupulousmen;andwehadwithusaconsiderablebulkofpreciousthings.They,oratleastthedangerousonesamongstthem,didnotknowwhyitwassoprecious;theytookitforgrantedthatitwasmaterialtreasureofsomekindthatwecarried.