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Article CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. ← Page 3 of 3 Article FROM PORTLAND TO BANTRY BAY IN ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S IRONCLADS. Page 1 of 3 →
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Cleopatra's Needle.
" Fourth Side ancl Central Luie towards Eoad ( North ) , as erected on Embankment . — -The Horns of the Upper ancl Lower country , beloved of the god of tho tall upper crown , the King of the South and North , Ramcen Cheper , making offerings , beloved of the gods , supplying the altar of the spirits of An ( Heliopolis ) , welcoming their per . ons at the two times of the year , that he might repose through them with a sound life of hundreds of thousands of years with very numerous festivals of thirty years , the son of the Sun , Thothmes ( III . ) , the divine rider , beloved of Haremachu ( Horns in the Horizons ") , ever living .
, " Fourth Side—Eight Side . — -The Horns lord of the Upper ancl Lower country , the powerf id bull , beloved of Ea , the King of the South ancl North , Ea-user-ma , approved of the Sun , the sun born of the gods , holding the countries , the son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Amen , the strong hand , powerful victor , bull of riders , king of kings , lord of the two countries , Ea-user-ma , approved of the Sun , son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Alien , beloved of Turn , lord of An ( Heliopolis ) , giver of life .
" Fourth Side—Left Line . —The Horns , the powerful bull , son of Ptah-Tenen , lord of the Upper and Lower country . The King of the South and North , Ea-user-ma approved of the Sun , the hawk of gold , rich in years , the greatest of victors , the son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Amen , leading captive the Etttennu ( Syrians ) aud Peti ( Libyans ) out of their countries to the seat of the house of his father , " lord of the two countriesEa-user-maapproved of the Sunson of the SunEamessu ( IL ) beloved
, , , , , of Amen , beloved of Shu , the great god , like the Sun . " The scenes on the pyramidion represent the monarch , Thothmes III ., under the form of a sphinx , with hands offering to the Gods Ea ancl Atom , the two principal deities of Heliopolis . The offerings are water , wine , milk , and incense . The inscriptions are the names ancl titles of the deities , the titles of Thothmes III ., and the announcement of each of his special gifts . "
From Portland To Bantry Bay In One Of Her Majesty's Ironclads.
FROM PORTLAND TO BANTRY BAY IN ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S IRONCLADS .
TT was on Tuesday , July 2 , that I received a note saying that the Particular Service A Squadron would sail early the following morning , ancl that if I intended accepting the invitation of an old friend , I must be on board before that very indefinite time . Accordingly I was alongside shortly after 6 a . m ., ancl a few minutes afterwards was in the midst of what I should have-thought the greatest scene of confusion I had ever witnessedif out of the chaos change and order were not springing up so idlas to
, rapy bewilder me . I had been in everybody ' s way but my own a dozen times , when II drew me back and in a few words explained to me what was doing . Accommodation ladders were being slung by one party of men , hoisted high in air by another , and received inboard by a third . Further forward quite a crowd of men were running round the capstan . " Bringing to , " as II—— nautically put it . Another party of men were aloft putting on mast ancl sail coversfor it would not do for a man-of-war's yards
, to be smoke-begrimed . Others were securing the boats , so that they should not sway about with the motion of the ship when she got out on the sea . All this time the noise of the furnace fires far down below reverberates above the din of varied work going on . around , ancl I seem to be standing over some volcano that is heaving and plunging to be set free . As my eye becomes better accustomed to the rapid motions of the men at their different labours , I can see that , so far from the confusion I had first supposed , the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cleopatra's Needle.
" Fourth Side ancl Central Luie towards Eoad ( North ) , as erected on Embankment . — -The Horns of the Upper ancl Lower country , beloved of the god of tho tall upper crown , the King of the South and North , Ramcen Cheper , making offerings , beloved of the gods , supplying the altar of the spirits of An ( Heliopolis ) , welcoming their per . ons at the two times of the year , that he might repose through them with a sound life of hundreds of thousands of years with very numerous festivals of thirty years , the son of the Sun , Thothmes ( III . ) , the divine rider , beloved of Haremachu ( Horns in the Horizons ") , ever living .
, " Fourth Side—Eight Side . — -The Horns lord of the Upper ancl Lower country , the powerf id bull , beloved of Ea , the King of the South ancl North , Ea-user-ma , approved of the Sun , the sun born of the gods , holding the countries , the son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Amen , the strong hand , powerful victor , bull of riders , king of kings , lord of the two countries , Ea-user-ma , approved of the Sun , son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Alien , beloved of Turn , lord of An ( Heliopolis ) , giver of life .
" Fourth Side—Left Line . —The Horns , the powerful bull , son of Ptah-Tenen , lord of the Upper and Lower country . The King of the South and North , Ea-user-ma approved of the Sun , the hawk of gold , rich in years , the greatest of victors , the son of the Sun , Eamessu ( IL ) , beloved of Amen , leading captive the Etttennu ( Syrians ) aud Peti ( Libyans ) out of their countries to the seat of the house of his father , " lord of the two countriesEa-user-maapproved of the Sunson of the SunEamessu ( IL ) beloved
, , , , , of Amen , beloved of Shu , the great god , like the Sun . " The scenes on the pyramidion represent the monarch , Thothmes III ., under the form of a sphinx , with hands offering to the Gods Ea ancl Atom , the two principal deities of Heliopolis . The offerings are water , wine , milk , and incense . The inscriptions are the names ancl titles of the deities , the titles of Thothmes III ., and the announcement of each of his special gifts . "
From Portland To Bantry Bay In One Of Her Majesty's Ironclads.
FROM PORTLAND TO BANTRY BAY IN ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S IRONCLADS .
TT was on Tuesday , July 2 , that I received a note saying that the Particular Service A Squadron would sail early the following morning , ancl that if I intended accepting the invitation of an old friend , I must be on board before that very indefinite time . Accordingly I was alongside shortly after 6 a . m ., ancl a few minutes afterwards was in the midst of what I should have-thought the greatest scene of confusion I had ever witnessedif out of the chaos change and order were not springing up so idlas to
, rapy bewilder me . I had been in everybody ' s way but my own a dozen times , when II drew me back and in a few words explained to me what was doing . Accommodation ladders were being slung by one party of men , hoisted high in air by another , and received inboard by a third . Further forward quite a crowd of men were running round the capstan . " Bringing to , " as II—— nautically put it . Another party of men were aloft putting on mast ancl sail coversfor it would not do for a man-of-war's yards
, to be smoke-begrimed . Others were securing the boats , so that they should not sway about with the motion of the ship when she got out on the sea . All this time the noise of the furnace fires far down below reverberates above the din of varied work going on . around , ancl I seem to be standing over some volcano that is heaving and plunging to be set free . As my eye becomes better accustomed to the rapid motions of the men at their different labours , I can see that , so far from the confusion I had first supposed , the