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been obtained by soaking these coffins in water 

 until, with the exercise of great patience and care, 

 the original strips of papyrus could be separated 

 and then pieced together, so that the writing can 

 be deciphered. 



Many years ago I listened to an address by Mr. 



PAPYRUS SYRIACUS. 



John MacGregor, in which he gave a vivid description 

 of his explorations in Palestine, and mentioned his 

 discovery of an immense extent of papyrus growing 

 in the upper reaches of the Jordan. The snow 

 melting from Mount Hermon trickles down in 

 small streams, forming marshes five miles in length 

 and about three miles broad, closely filled with 



