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information on the present subject. He purchased a mummy 
from the excavations near Thebes, at Gournon, in February, 
1820; selected out of a dozen which he opened, as the best 
preserved. It proved to be that of a male. It was quite dry ; 
the hair and teeth were most perfect, the former being very 
long, in great profusion, and smoothly combed down. The 
body contained only a large quantity of gum, and there 
was no flesh, or very little of it, on the bones. Every part 
was brittle. It was enveloped in cotton bandages to a great 
extent, and was contained within two cases. His fellow tra- 
veller, T. Coates, Esquire, of Newcastle, brought from 
Egypt another mummy, which was presented to the Literary 
Society of that town, and of which an account appeared in 
some of the public papers of last year. This mummy was 
not opened. Within the last few months a highly preserved 
mummy, and one which, to judge from the description given 
in the public papers, I should be inclined to class with my 
own, has been dissected and exhibited before the Literary 
Society of Bristol. We are promised a detailed account of 
the appearances by a competent person ; and if these should 
correspond with what is detailed in this paper, an additional 
value will be given to my observations, which I could scarcely 
have hoped they would so soon receive. 
The facility which I deemed it my duty to afford to every 
individual interested in science, of witnessing the demonstra- 
tions of my mummy, brought to my house, among others, 
Mr. WiLMOT Horton, Under Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonial Department. Pleased with what he there saw, this 
gentleman was kind enough to place at my disposal, the 
head and right arm of a male mummy, which, though not 
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