gradually surmounting the whole body. They are ap- 

 plied and interlaced so gradually and accurately that one 

 might readily suppose they were intended to restore to 

 the dry shrivelled body its original form and size. The 

 only difference in the bandages of the different kinds of 

 mammies, is in their greater or less fine texture, being- 

 applied on all in nearly the same manner. All the 

 bandages and wrappings that have been examined by 

 the microscope are of linen. The body is at first covered 

 by a narrow dress laced at the back and tied at the 

 throat, or it is all enveloped in one large bandage. The 

 head is covered by a square piece of very fine linen, of 

 which the centre forms a kind of mosque over the 

 features. Five or six such pieces are usually put ! 

 one over the other, and the last is usually painted or 

 gilded, in representation of the embalmed person. Every 

 part of the body is then seperately invested with several 

 bandages, strongly impregnated with resin. The legs 

 extended side by side and the arms placed over the 

 , chest are fixed by other bandages, which surround the 

 j whole body, and these last, which are commonly covered 

 ! with hieroglyphics, are fixed by long, crossed, and very 

 ingeniously applied bands, whicli complete the envelope. 

 IMost of the bodies are placed in this state in the cata- 

 combs ; those of the rich only being placed in cases 

 which are usually double ; the interior being composed 

 of boards, made of several portions of linen glued 

 together, and the exterior cut from a piece of cedar or 

 sycamore wood. 



On taking a survey .of the numerous bronze instru- 

 ments of amusement and veneration that lay on the left 

 side of the room, the first conspicuous object that arrests 

 the attention, is the case R R, containing the mummy 



of Harsontioft', priest of Amoun, in Thebes, holdins- vari- 



