We seemed in the pyramids; and I, with one hand holding my lamp over head, and with the other pointing out, in the obscurity, the hoar mass of the chimney, seemed some Arab guide, showing the cobwebbed mausoleum of the great god Apis.
"This is a most remarkable structure, sir," said the master-mason, after long contemplating it in silence, "a most remarkable structure, sir."
"Yes," said I complacently, "every one says so."
"But large as it appears above the roof, I would not have inferred the magnitude of this foundation, sir," eyeing it critically.
Then taking out his rule, he measured it.
"Twelve feet square; one hundred and forty-four square feet! Sir, this house would appear to have been built simply for the accommodation of your chimney."
"Yes, my chimney and me. Tell me candidl
