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Dr. Granville’s essay on 
I have satisfied myself that both cotton and linen have 
been employed in the preparation of our mummy, although 
Herodotus mentions only cotton [Byssus) as the material 
used for the purpose. Most mummies have been described 
as wholly enveloped in linen cloth, and some persons are 
disposed to doubt the existence of cotton cloth in any, not 
excepting in the one now under consideration. 
But with respect to the last point, a simple experiment 
has, I think, set the question at rest. If the surface of old 
linen, and of old cotton cloth be rubbed briskly and for some 
minutes with a rounded piece of glass or ivory, after being, 
washed and freed from all extraneous matter, the former 
will be found to have acquired considerable lustre ; while 
the latter will present no other difference than that of having 
the threads flattened by the operation. ' By means of this 
test I selected several pieces of cotton cloth from among the 
many bandages of our mummy, which I submitted to the 
inspection of an experienced manufacturer, who declared 
them to be of that material. ' > 
Having removed, after an operation of upwards of an 
hour, the various envelopes of the mummy, I directed my 
attention to its anatomical condition and state of preservation. 
It was at once ascertained that the subject was a female, 
and that no ventral incision, as described by Herodotus,! 
had been practised to extract the viscera. 
The external parts of generation, on which not a ves.tige 
of hair was' found, had been brought in close contact,’ and 
notwithstanding their shrivelled condition, were readily 
recognised. The mammag must have been large during 
life, for they were found to extend as low down as the 7th 
