424 Thy fie al and Mifcellaneous 



little Idol (2D), (which feems to be of the fame Kind, though 



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



it, with Charafters alfo of a different Fafhion. 



The compof,- The Compofition ' that is found in the Heads oithQ Murmnies^ 



Sunimie?; looks exaftly like Pitch, but is fomewhat fofter : the Smell 



ff/f&c!'''" 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 



fffolidin this, in a few Days, one might eafily rent to Pieces. I found nei- 



their Breap. ther Moncy in the Mouths nor Idols in the Breafts of thefe jl^^;«- 



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



fold in Egypt y 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 likewile I purchafed the Vafe <F, which 



^» Egyptian was probably an Egyptian CenfeiCy 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 Fafhion, the ^rahs ufe 



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



Pendants. iFJ? are two Pendants of the like Materials and from the fame 



Place. Of this Kind perhaps were the (Aiam y^ta) Stones,which 



1 Apud /Egyptios Cadaver fit ■m^ix®' i«e. falfura, five Mumm'u (j-'**-'*) uti appellant re- 

 centiores medicorum filij, zh Arablco (Perfic. potiusj ^yoMum, i'.'e. ceraj quia ceromace 

 etiam in eonegotio utebantur. Gatak: Annot. in M. Triton. p-i7J. La/«*..< Mummia vulgo j 

 PiiTafpalton (3 o^i'tra Ticonf fji.f[;uf[AvM acrpa.?,7a') Diofcoridis I.i. cap.ioi. Go/. Did. Plinj/ mak.es 

 this Compofition to be the Tar of the Torch Pine. Pix liquida in Europa e Teda coquitur, 

 navalibus muniendis, multofque alios ad uius. Lignum ejus concifum, fiirnis undique igni 

 extra circundato, fervet: primus fudor. aquae modo, fluit canali : hoc in Syria Cedrium voca- 

 tur, cui tanta vis ell, at in yEgypto corpora hominum defundorum eo perfufa lerventur. 

 P/JH.Hift. Nat. i. 16. cap. ir. From being called CViriHW by P/i»y, we may rather take it 

 to be the Tar of the Cedar Tree, according to Diofcorides 1. i. cap. io6. KtJ);®' tHvJfoy ts) 

 u'i^a., i^ a 11 KiyajMVM KEi^PIA nviyvnu. * e^iytt/xir iJ ij^B a-nnllKh /mV 7«v ifi-^i'^av, ifuhttKVy.iy T^v vty^fav 

 guif/dTuv oSnv -^ nufi (a'nv -nnf ivnv hAKinav. 2 The Septum Medium of the Nofe feems to have 

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

 Pitch-like Subftance into it. ng«7« f/V ckoA/w o-icftipw a/^ Tac ixu^aii^av 't^a.y\s7i -m l^xljaAoc, 7a /uV 

 c/iiw Stw llcJ^ovTis-j 7K ij (pttf^ttKot e>;)^6o>'7^;. H«-o(i. But. ^.%6. 3 Herodotus xxi2ike% t\iZ Egyptians 

 to be remarkable for the Thicknefs of their Skulls. A< jj 7«k hiyjiX^m ( c.syaA*/' j ktw cAJ 77 i^fpoi, 

 ( f-i«j/.' h y^tsa ircura Si]^\t»^fif. Herod. Thai. 5. 12. 



they 



