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always packed ^x\th resin. In one case I found in tlie resin plug- 
ging the right nostril part of the phosphatic crust of a (? vesical) 
calculus (PI. XIII, figure 2). 
During the preliminary stages of embalming the eyes collapsed 
and fell back into the orbits. Artificial eyes were then introduced 
in front of the remains of the real eyes and the eyelids pulled 
down into a semiclosed position. The artificial eye usually consists 
(PI. IV.) of a piece of linen rolled up roughly: a pupil is repre- 
sented bv a spot of black paint : in two cases the eye was 
represented l)y a piece of white stone with a black spot on it. 
In the mummy of Ramses IX (which I unrolled last summer in 
the Cairo Museum) small onions were put in front of the collap- 
sed eyes. 
The eyes, nostrils, ears and mouth were then thickly sprinkled 
with red or yellow resin or a resin -paste was applied : and then, 
in the better kind of nmmmy, plates of wax were placed, one on 
each eve, nostril, ear and mouth. On top of this a thick coating 
of resin was spread over the whole face. 
Before doing so, however, the eyebrows were painted with some 
material which is now black but sometimes has a dull reddish 
tinge : a similar band was usually painted across the forehead. 
The Heart. 
The heart, left in the body cavity, is always well preserved. 
In many cases the valves are quite intact and it is often possible 
to recognise the musculi papillares and the chordae tendineae. 
As a rule the organ is found in a considerably damaged state 
as the result, no doubt, of unintentional hacking, which was inflicted 
on it by the operator when he was cutting through the roots of 
the lungs and the oesophagus. This operation was of course 
done under very difficult conditions, the arm being passed right 
