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<p class="page" id="a5658036">[Page 36]</p><p>There are three of them, they are the tombs of kings, <strike>The Sphinx</strike>, One can get inside them and there are wonderful carvings, here and there, The Pryamids look smooth from the <strike>dif</strike> distance, but when one gets there, one gets a sort of shock, There are stones there about 8 to 10 feet high and they must weight 20-30 tons, and instead of being smooth they are like steps only very big ones at that The Sphinx is supposed to be a solid block, It is like a bust, and is a God. The White quarter of Cario is Heliopolis, where there is a big hospital for Australians. <strike>Out</strike> No 3 A.G.H. is situated at Abbassia. They call the cabs, gharries, they are a carriage and pair and cost 9 Piastres an hour, 9 Piastres is 1/9 ½ in English money. But the niggers are lucky if the get 5 from the boys for about 4 hrs. You must take into mind that what is sauce for the goose</p>