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room viii* beautifully ornamented with coloured glass beads, 
Antisuitjes. some of which still remain, was taken out of 
the coffin above-mentioned. That on the right 
hand, the race of which is gilt, and the other 
parts of the body or nam on led with paintings, 
was taken out of the coffin which will be des- 
cribed in the next number. In the lower part of 
this case is a small Egyptian coffin of a square 
form ; it contains the ffiumruy of a child. The 
lid and sides of this coffin are covered with 
paintings. 
No, 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs at Sakk; ra, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, in 
the year J 722, by Col. William Letkieullier s 
who bequeathed it to the Museum. 
No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the name of Canopuses. The lids are seve- 
rally ornamented, either with a head of lsis^ 
Osiris, a hawk, a wolf, and a baboon. 
No. 5. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
bronze ; among them are two sistrums. 
No. 6. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
wood ; Egyptian idols of Roman work, appa- 
rently of the time of Hadrian ; — idols and amu- 
lets of the Basiiidiane, who spead their myste- 
rious doctrines, and practised their magical arts, 
in Egypt, from the time of Hadrian to the fifth 
/ century ; 
