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tion. They too were depofited in CofKns 

 of Sycamore Wood, but ornamented 

 with Gold, and Hieroglyphics of the 

 moil noble kind. 



The moft probable Account of this laft 

 Method that can be collected from the 

 Writers who have treated of the Subje6l, 

 is, that when the Soul was departed, the 

 Brains were firft extradled, perhaps thro* 

 the Noftriis, and the Corpfe vifcerated in 

 a very curious Manner, without injuring 

 the outward Surface of the Body, which 

 was thoroughly well cleanfed. They next 

 proceeded to fill the Cavities with bitu- 

 menous and aromatic Subftances properly 

 prepared and mixed : On this Occafion 

 particularly the moft precious and coftly 

 Gums, Balfams and Spices, were ufed ; 

 a Liquid having been in the mean time 

 prepared, in which a great Quantity of 

 the above Subftances had been diffolved, 

 they next boiled the Body therein, that 

 the moft remote part of every Mufcle 

 might be ftrongly impregnated with the 



embalming 



