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removed through the nostrils, and in the operation the os 
unguis of the right side was injured. The eyes were pre- 
served, but in taking away the bandages they came away 
with them. By immersion in hot water, I was enabled to 
separate the external coat of the eye ball, which became as 
soft and globular as in a recent specimen, though discoloured. 
There is a very remarkable feature In the skull, and that is 
the extreme depth of the orbits, which amounts to 2 -| in- 
ches, tapering inwardly, so as to present the appearance of a 
perfect cone. 
Whether this head bears marks of being that of an African, 
in the full sense of the word, or not, I am not able to decide. 
The contour of the head, the maxillary bones and jaws, and 
the appearance of the hair, incline me to that opinion ; 
but the Members of the Society will have an opportunity 
of judging for themselves, by inspecting the head after 
the meeting. Certain am I, that it is not the head of a 
Negro. 
The arm, sent with the head from Tripoli, is uncovered. 
The muscles are preserved, but they are harder than in my 
other perfect mummy. The hand is stretched. There is 
only a portion of the humerus, which seems to have been 
fractured off, not cut regularly, from the appearance of its 
splintery extremity. The length of what remains is 8 inches. 
That of the fore arm is inches, and the hand, from the 
wrist to the tip of the middle finger, is inches long. 
This specimen also will be submitted to the inspection of the 
Members after the meeting. 
Having thus brought within narrow limits the literary 
history of Egyptian mummies in general, I shall proceed to 
