6 
EVENTS OF THE YEAR, 1897. 
On January the 19th Mr. Horniman lent a number 
of Curios to the Dulwich Scientific and Literary 
Association for their Conversazione, at the Lordship 
Lane Hall. The collection consisted of Toys, ancient, 
foreign, and nondescript, also a collection of medicine- 
man’s ornaments, made of pure silver by the Arauco 
Indians of Chile, and shell ornaments from New 
Guinea. 
On January the 28th, a collection of Japanese pipes, 
pouches, etc. (all smokers’ utensils), were lent to the 
Conversazione held by the Japan Society at Hanover 
Square. 
On February the 24th Mr. Horniman presided at 
a lecture, given before the Dulwich Scientific and 
Literary Association by Mr. H. W. Mengedoht, on 
Mummies and their History.’’ After giving a very 
graphic account of the different methods of em- 
balming, and how these varied at different periods, he 
proceeded to illustrate his subject, by unrolling, with 
the assistance of Mr. Quick, the mummy which Mr. 
Horniman had kindly lent for the occasion from the 
Museum collection. 
The body was first removed from the case of 
painted sycamore, and placed on the table. The 
mummy measured a little over five feet in its band- 
ages. The ancient Egyptians were short in stature. 
Over the whole of the bandages was a kind of shroud 
bound with tape-like strips, passing round and across 
and diagonally. The bandages were numerous and 
of different texture, applied with great neatness and 
precision. The limbs were separately bandaged. 
On the ends of two of the bandages some hiero- 
glyphical characters were found, bearing reference to 
the date of the operation, &c., the month correspond- 
