,8o Dr. Blumenbach's Observations 
examined in the summer of the year 1781. I selected, how- 
ever, the one that appeared to differ most from the. others, 
and from ours, by the very close adhesion of the bandages, 
from which I had reason to expect some difference in the mte- 
rior preparation of it. , 
The 18th February was appointed for the opening of these 
two mummies at the Museum, in the presence of a numerous 
and respectable meeting. 
The small mummy was externally very similar to 1 lose 
had opened before, except that it was only n T s 5 inches m 
length, and 8^ inches round the breast, somewhat more com- 
pact in the handling, and, proportionably to its size, rather 
heavier. . . 
On sawing it open, a resinous smell was immediately emit- 
ted, and glutinous particles of rosin adhered to the heated saw. 
This was owing to the cotton bandages having been from 
without impregnated with rosin, which was not the case with 
the two former ones. 
On opening it completely, we found in the inside a human 
os humeri, being part of the mummy of a young person, per- 
haps eight years old, who had been embalmed with rosin ; and 
with it were also found some shreds of the original integu- 
ments likewise impregnated with rosin. The upper end («- 
put) of the bone was inserted in the head, and the lower ex- 
tremity was at the feet of the little figure. 
Although when viewed externally nothing appeared suspi- 
cious in this little mummy, I found, however, on examining 
carefully the successive integuments, that the outward ones had 
some traces of our common lint paper, with which it seemed to 
have been restored, and afterwards painted over. 
