894 THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XVI. 



from each other. But when they are mutually 

 separated, each possesses its own habit, not much 

 less than when tlie man was living; the body con- 

 spicuously retaining its own nature, attire, and 

 passions. So that, for instance, if the body of any 

 one while living was large by nature or aliment, 

 or both, the body of such a one when dead will 



also be large; and so with respect to 



other things. And if any one while living was 

 studious to obtain long hair, the hair also of the 



dead body of such a one will be long ; 



and if the limbs of any one were broken or dis- 

 torted while he lived, these will likewise appear 

 so when he is dead. In short, whatever was the 

 condition of the body of any one while living, 

 such will be its condition entirely, or for the 

 most part, during a certain time, when dead. The 

 same thing also, Callicles, seems to take place 

 respecting the soul ; viz. that all things are con- 

 spicuous in the soul, after it is divested of the 

 body, as well whatever it possesses from nature, 

 as those passions which the man acquired in his 

 soul from his various pursuits." A still closer 

 resemblance is found in the description given by 

 Virgil of the occupations of those, who, in a future 

 state, were admitted to the abode of the blessed * : — 



" Devencre locos lastos, ct aina'iia vireta 

 Fortiinatorum pcinoruni, so(lcs(iiie beatas. 



Qu;t gratia curium 



ArmoruirKjuc fuit vivis, (juic cura nitentes 

 Pasccre c(juos, eaclem sequitur tcUure reposto.s." 



The same notion would account for the custom 



* Virg. ^11. vi. G.'J8. 063. 



