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XIV. Observations on some Egyptian Mummies opened in Lon- 
don. By John Frederick Blumenbach, M. D. F. R. S. Ad- 
dressed to Sir Joseph Banks, 1 Bart. P. R. S. 
Read April 10, 1794. 
Among the many instances of kindness I have experienced 
during my late abode in London, of which the recollection can 
never be obliterated from my memory, I reckon and acknow- 
edge with gratitude, the uncommon, and to me very interest- 
ing, opportunities that were afforded me, to open and examine 
several Egyptian mummies. 
A few days after my arrival, I found in the library of my 
honoured friend Dr.G A RTHSHO RE , F. R.S. among other Egyp- 
tian antiquities, a small mummy, not above one foot in length 
of the usual form of a swathed puppet, wrapped up in cotton 
andages, painted and gilt in its front part, and inserted in a 
small sarcophagus of sycamore wood, in which it fitted exactly. 
Having expressed a wish to know the contents of this figure, 
the Doctor was kindly pleased to permit the opening of it; 
ich accordingly took place on the 21st of January, 1792 at 
his house, in the presence of the President and several mem- 
bers of the Royal Society, and other men of letters. 
The mummy itself measured pi inches in length, and 8 
inches m circumference at the breast, where it was of the 
greatest thickness. 
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