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Egyptian mummies. 
ably submitted to the operation of both those means, but in 
what order, it is difficult to ascertain ; and when the em- 
balmers judged by the condition of the integuments, that 
they were sufficiently impregnated with the active principles 
employed, the body was allowed to dry for a few hours, 
and then the bandages previously prepared with a solution 
of tannin also, as proved by my experiments, were applied 
to the different parts, beginning with each separate limb. 
While the operation of bandaging took place, the mummy 
must have been in a very supple state, else the numerous 
deep longitudinal wrinkles observed in all those parts where 
the integuments are generally looser, as in the upper part of 
the thighs and arms, as well as over the abdomen, and at 
the breasts, could not have existed. These wrinkles, so well 
marked in Plate XIX. must have been produced by the ban- 
dages at the time of their application. 
It appears also, that with a view of rendering the bandages 
more supple in particular places, where such a condition was 
required, and of obviating the inconvenience of slackness in' 
some of the turns, they were daubed over in a few places 
with two different substances, the one consisting of wax and 
resin, the other of resin alone, both applied warm ; so that, 
while the first served to give pliancy to some of the linen 
employed, the second caused the slack and loose edges of the 
bandages to adhere together, by which process the whole 
was rendered compact and firm, without producing hardness. 
The lumps of myrrh, resin, and bituminous earth, noticed 
in the abdomen, were pushed up through the enlarged aper- 
ture of the anus, immediately before the application of the 
bandages, for the purposes already detailed. 
