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series was that of a lady bearing the name of Maket. Her name was 

 engraved on a gold scarab, on a small silver one set in a ring, and 

 on another ring. Her coffin also contained the lady's bead neck- 

 laces, earrings, powder and paint pots — no doubt kept filled by the 

 fashionable perfumer of the day, her mirror, wooden comb and 

 various other toilet nick-nacks ; and it also contained two long flutes. 

 Happily these had been placed in their proper case ; it is owing to 

 this thoughtful precaution that they have been preserved from the 

 decay, which, no doubt, has overtaken many such slender delicate 

 reeds that have been interred with mummies elsewhere. The pipes 

 seem to be made of some thin cane or hollow water-reed. Athen- 

 £eus says they used to use the lotus-thorn. When found they were of 

 a darkish yellow ; but the better to preserve them Mr. Petrie covered 

 them with a solution of wax, as is the custom to dress old articles of 

 wood thus buried. 



Note. — A indicates the mouthpieces, both mouthpieces being in the mouth 

 at the same time ; the other letters indicates the notes made by unclosing the 

 respective holes. 



One flute possessed four finger-holes,, the other three. The 

 measurement of the flute with four holes is : length, 17^ inches ; 

 to the first hole, 2j4 inches; to the second, i^ inches; to the 

 third, i^ inches; to the fourth, i^ inches; and to the end, 10^ 

 inches. The measuremeut of the flute with three holes is : length, 

 17^ inches ; to the first hole, i ^ inches ; to the second, i ^ inches ; to 

 the third, i }i inches ; to the end, 13^ inches. The outside diameter 

 is but a }{ inch, so they are exceedingly slender. We can get a fair 

 idea of their size by remembering that they are about the thickness 

 of any ordinary lead-pencil. The finger-holes are not round, as in 

 present flutes, but oval. This was most likely because round holes 

 would have weakened the pipes. These pipes were evidently much 

 too precious to be handled much or experimented with to any 

 extent. J^ac sitniles were made with thin brass, cane, and paper, and 

 as they gave exactly the same sounds as the originals, experiments 

 were continued with them. There was considerable doubt how these 



