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always packed Avith resin. Tn one case I found in the resin plug- 
ging the right nostril part of the phosphatic crust of a ( ? vesical) 
calculus (Pl. XIII, figure 2). 
During the prehininary stages of embahning 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 eyeUds pulled 
down into a semiclosed position. The artificial eye usually consists 
(Pl. IV.) of a pièce of linen rolled up roughly : a pupil is repre- 
sented by a spot of black paint : in two cases the eye was 
represented by a pièce of white stone with a black spot on it. 
In the mumniy of Ramses lY (which I unrolled last sumnier in 
the Cairo Muséum) small onions were put in front of the collap- 
sed eyes. 
ïlie 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 mummy, plates of wax were placed, one on 
each eye, nostril, ear and mouth. On top of this a thick coating 
of resin was spread over the whole face. 
Before doing so, liowever, the eyebrows were painted with some 
material which is now l)lack but sometimes lias a duU reddish 
tinge : a similar band was usually painted across the forehead. 
The Heart. 
The heart, left in the bod}- 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 resuit, no doubt, of unintentional hacking, which was inflicted 
on it by the operator when lie was cutting through the roots of 
the lungs and the oesophagus. This opération was of course 
doue under very difficult conditions, the arm being passed right 
