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of the former a wreath of leaves was twined, and above the feet 

 there rested the tiny bodies of two very young children, covered only 

 by a few folds of simple bandages, the outer rolls of which encircled 

 them together. The latter also bore a similar but a heavier burden, 

 the mummy of a full-grown man carefully swathed, the exterior cloth 

 being painted to represent the lineaments of the face, the hands, and 

 the feet, with a line of hieroglyphics from the neck down the front to 

 the extremities. 



The box, which was merely the simplest form of a deal coffin, con- 

 tained an undecorated mummy ; and the large case,- its neighbor, 

 enclosed two, one the body of a man, the other of a young girl, accom- 

 panied by two bracelets of bronze or copper, two coarse anklets of 

 iron, and an ear-ring of something very like the same metal, whited 

 or silvered. 



The prominent feature connected with this burial was the sh'ght 

 degree of trouble that had been expended to prepare the mummy- 

 case for its later occupants. It had undoubtedly been constructed 

 for a very different tenant for a tenant of much earlier time, and 

 probably had held the remains of one of the first owners of this tomb ; 

 but whether it had been thus procured on the spot where it was 

 again employed, or not, the method of appropriation had been very 

 summary. For the lid, which showed marks of having once been 

 violently wrenched off, was only laid loosely on, the fractured slips 

 or tongues of wood which had originally secured it not having been 

 restored to efficiency, while they were in some cases completely 

 broken away. Nor could this be explained by assuming, with refer- 

 ence to the presence of two bodies, that the coffin had first been de- 

 posited with one, and subsequently, as a manifestation, even in death, 

 of earthly affection, opened to receive the other, that of the young 

 girl, which was uppermost ; for, besides the evidence of rough usage, 

 it was plain that the case was made having reference to a mummy of 

 different dimensions from either of those within it, and intended to be 

 differently disposed. The corroborative analogy of other facts ob- 

 served in the tomb likewise went to prove that here was an instance 

 of appropriation more remarkable than those occasionally met with, 

 from its improvised and certainly undisguised character. 



Chamber No. 2 was closed by a wooden door, and contained one 

 large coffin, of the plain, uninteresting type, constructed with square 

 pillars at the corners, one long panel in either side, and a semi-circu- 

 lar top. In this instance, a hieratic inscription on the end was a 

 distinguishing peculiarity. 



Chamber No. 3, being ten feet four inches by nine feet seven 

 inches, afforded ample space for the three similar mummy cases which 

 were stored in it. 



In chamber No. 4 stood a massive sarcophagus, of the dark granite 

 of Assouan, quite unpolished, and chiselled no more than was neces- 

 sary to bring it into shape. Immediately in front of it, and protrud- 

 ing into the shaft, lay some of the appliances which had doubtless 

 been used to move the cumbrous mass ; and the presence of the old 

 workers was singularly recalled, even here in the depths of the grave, 

 by rollers and planks, which they had left on the spot where their 

 mechanical ingenuity had employed them. The planks, too, were 

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