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ing with our March. The bandages being removed, 
the body was exposed. Thebraimhad been extracted 
through the nostrils, and the viscera from the 
abdomen by an incision in the left side, and returned 
into the cavity, which was filled with the dust of 
some bitter wood. The nails on both the hands and 
feet were perfect, and had been stained with hennah.- 
No scarabsei or other ornaments were found upon it, 
and the lecturer declared it to be a Memphite 
mummy of the period of about 1500 B.C. It was 
that of a woman of about 60 years of age. 
On the lid of the coffin the name was given of 
Peta-Amen-Neb-Nest-Taiu, who was a priestess of 
Amen-Ra and daughter of an officer of high rank at 
Thebes (whose mummy is now in the British 
Museum). 
Mr. Horniman gave to each of the visitors present 
a small sample of the mummy cloth, as a souvenir of 
the occasion. 
In March a collection of Curios, etc., were lent to the 
Sydenham and Forest Hill Auxiliary Scholars’ 
Industrial' Exhibition, Sunday School Union, held 
in the Lecture Hall, Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill. 
On Good Friday, April 16th, the extension of 
the Grounds at the rear of the Museum was opened 
by Mrs. F. J. Horniman. Mr. and Mrs. Horniman 
and friends drove from Croydon for the occasion. A 
large gathering had assembled to welcome them ; a few 
speeches and cheers followed, and the proceedings 
terminated. 
On April the 21st Mr. Quick collected at the 
Museum the sum of £3 10s. for the Prince of 
Wales’s Hospital Fund. 
