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Having thus given you the particulars of the dit- 
fe&ion, I muft impofe yet a little more on your pa- 
tience, while I communicate to you the date of the 
external parts of the body defcrib’d in the former let- 
ter, as it appear’d at the time of diifedion ; as like- 
wile that of fome others, which have hitherto been 
unobferv’d. To begin with the fird : the body was 
fomewhat extenuated, and the fkin of a dark com- 
plexion 5 but, except where it was expofed to the air, 
firm, loft, imooth, and flexible The hair, for .the 
moft part, was feparated from the fcalp ; it was pretty 
thick, and of a blackilli colour, with a few grey ones 
intermix’d, about five inches in length, loft, drong, 
and elaftic : there was no appearance of any bcfides 
in any other part of the body ; but I was informed 
by Mr. Prefton, the prefent proprietor of the vault, 
and a furgeon’s apprentice in the neighbourhood, who 
law the body, when it w r as fird difcover’d, that it 
had then a dark- colour'd beard, about three inches 
and a quarter in length. The joints were altogether 
as flexible as in a natural date. The tunica adnata 
of each eye was of a loofe contexture, quite rough 
and difcolour’d, and the cornea opaque, flat, and 
wither'd. As the head lay near the entrance into 
the vault, fome one, in getting down, had probably 
depp’d on his face, and thereby confiderably de- 
prefs'd all the lower part of the nofe, and forced a 
few of the dentes inci fores out of their fockets. The 
integuments and mufcles, efpecially thofe of the de- 
prefled part of the nofe, were quite confum’d, and 
the cartilages following their fate. The teeth were 
exceedingly hard, and firmly fix’d in their fockcts, 
fomewhat rough, and of a blackilh colour. All the 
tongue 
