424 Thyfical and Mifcellaneous 



little Idol (3D), (which feems to be of the fame Kind, though 

 without the ufual Symbols) hath the Scroll upon the Back of 

 it, with Charadlers alfo of a different Failiion. 



The cowpof. The Compofition ' that is found in the Heads oiUitMummies, 



Summic?• looks cxaftly like Pitch, but is fomewhat fofter : the Smell 



gJs'^S'".'^'" of it alfo is the fame, though fomething more fragrant. In 

 examining two of thefe Mummies, by taking off the Bandage^ 

 I found that the Septum Medium ^ of theNofe, was taken away 

 in them both ; and that the Skulls were fomewhat thicker 

 than ordinary'. There were few or none of the mufcular 

 Parts preferved, except upon the Thighs, which crumbled 

 to Powder upon touching them. The like happened to that 

 Part of the Bandage, which more immediately envelloped the 

 Body; notwithftanding that more than fifty Yards of the exte- 

 riour Part, was, upon unfolding it, fo ftrong to Appearance, that 

 it feemed to have been juft taken from the Loom. Yet even 



^'fotdin this, in a few Days, one might eafily rent to Pieces. I found nei. 



the,r Bre.fs. ther Moncy in the Mouths nor Idols in the Breafts ofthQ^eMum- 

 mies. Yet the greateft Part of the little Images, that are 

 fold in Egypt ^ are commonly reported to have been lodged in 

 fuch Repofitories. What may favour this Opinion is, that the 

 People of Sahara are the chief Venders of thefe Antiquities 

 at prefent ; of whom likewiie I purchafed the Vafe (E, which 



A7, Egyptian was probably an Egyptian Cenfer, being of a beautiful Slate-like 

 Stone, with the Handle very artfully contrived to imitate the 

 Leg of a Camel, tyed up in the fame Faihion, the Arahs ufe 

 to this Day, to prevent thofe Creatures from ftraying away. 



Pendants. ^^ are two Pcndants of the like Materials and from the fame 

 Place. Of this Rind perhaps were the (λίθ*»* χοτα) Stones, which 



I Apud yEgyptios Cadaver fit τβ'ρ/χ®' i.e. falfura, five MummU (4-'«*/«^ "ti appellant re- 

 centiores medicorum filij, ah Arabico (Perfic. potius^ -«,/oM«w, i'.'e. cera; quia ceromate 

 ctiam in eo negotio utcbantur. Gatak. Annot. in M.. ^nton. p.i^y. La/»»./* Mumm'ui vulgo j 

 Piflarpalton ('« o^ouoa •5Γ(απ)Γ μίρΓρέΐΉί άαράλτω) Diofior'idis l.i. cap.ioi. Gol. Did. F/i»^ makes 

 this Compofition to be the Tar of the Torch Pine. Pix I'lqmda. in Etiropa e Teda coquitur, 

 navalibus muniendis, multolque alios ad ufus. Lignum ejus concifiim, fiimis undique igni 

 extra circundato, fervet: primus fudor> aquje modo, fluit canali ; hoc inoj)74 Cedrium voca- 

 tur, cui tanta vis ell, ut in yEgypto corpora hominum defundtorum eo perfiila fervcntur. 

 Flin. Hilt. Nat. 1. 16. cap. 1 1. From being called Cedrium by Pliny, we may rather take it 

 to be the Tar of the Cedar Tree, according to Diofcorides 1. i. cap. io5. KiJ)©' ,f{vJj>or es7 

 μί}α., ΐξ ί « htyoiMvn ΚΕΔΡΙΑ αυγάγίΤΜ. * Λύναμιν ij \χΗ σχ-^ικίίν /j&fj Ίων ψ'\,ύ^αν, φνΚακνΚίΐνο τα>ν viXfav 

 αζΰμάτζίν oSiiv )^ vinfi ζαίιν mis auvjv ΙκΑκίσαν . 2 The Septum Medium ο( thc ISioie feems to have 

 been taken away, as well for the eafier Extraolion of the Brain, as for the Injeftion of the 

 Pitch-like Subftance into it. Π^ωτα (wV (Γκολ/ω alJ^f^ i/j ταν μυξαή^ωγ t^iytst liy ί^κΕ^αλοκ» τ» juV 

 / Aunl-mi^iywTiit -η φά^μΛΚΛ iy^ioYTis . Herod. E{it. 5-8(5. 3 Herodotus mikes the Egyptians 



to be remarkable for the Thicknels of their Skulls. A/ j} jic hiyjiUm (κί^Λλαί ) ϊτβ <Λί ν l^^foi, 

 ixiytf iv Λΐ>ω ίτ*ία« 3^\1«ξ(ΐ(. Hemd, Thai. 5• I2. 



they 



