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into shape and wrapped in linen. This must have been done before desiccation, as one 
end of the hnen bandage is almost always intertwined with - and so fixed to — some 
part of the organ. The small intestines are usually bent upon themselves many times 
so as to form an elongated parcel of parallel bands (Plate II, Fig. 4.). 
Among these bands, there was placed (when the viscus was still flexible) a wax 
image of one of the four genii, usually the hawk-headed Khebsennuf. Then, after being 
sprinkled with sawdust, the mass was wrapped in the linen bandage. 
The liver is usually flexed round its transverse axis, so as to form a hoUow tube 
open on one side, and either the upper or lower surface may form the surface of the 
tubular cylinder (Plate II, Figs. 1. 2.). Inside the cylinder thus prepared a wax statuette, 
usually the human headed Amset, is found in most cases. In other respects the liver 
was treated exactly like the intestines. It would appear, however, that in many cases, 
the embalmer was unable to remove or reintroduce the liver without tearing it. In such 
cases, he was content to replace only a fragment of the organ into the body (see fur- 
ther on). 
Although either of these parcels may be found in any part of the body cavity, 
yet in the majority of subjects they occupy definite situations. The parcel of intestines 
is placed vertically in the abdomen against the right wall and extends from the iliac 
fossa to the right costal margin, and the liver lies transversely in the lower part of the 
thorax. 
After the various parcels of the viscera had been returned to the body and had 
been packed tightly in sawdust or coarser fragments of wood, a large part of the 
abdomen and pelvis still remained comparatively empty. This region was then tightly 
stuffed wdth sawdust, and the opening in the left flank was subsequently closed. 
The genital organs of women are always absent, the labia majora being the only 
parts of the vulva left. In only two or three cases the remains of the pudenda and the 
labia majora, were left in their natural position. In most cases, the skin, while still soft 
and flexible, had been puslied back towards the anus, so as to form an apron covering 
the rima pudendi. 
The bladder, according to Elliot Smith, is sometimes in situ. 
The penis and scrotum were painted red like other parts of the body, and as a 
rule, were wrapped separately from the limbs. In some cases, the genital organs were 
pushed against one or the other thigh and wrapped with the limbs. In one case, the 
penis was flattened against the perineum, so that, at a casual glance, the organ seemed 
to be missing. In several subjects, male and female, the pubic region was packed either 
with cloth or with mud . 
When the viscera w-ere returned to the body cavity, it was customary to place, 
along with some of the organs, certain wax or pottery models of the cliildren of Horus. 
Details regarding this custom are contained in Elliot Smith's papers, and it will be 
sufficient to say that besides the human headed Amset generally found wrapped up in 
