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“ The foot was particularly small, and beautifully shaped. The body was five feet and one inch long. None of the appearances presented by the body or its envelope warrant the supposition that the Mummy had ever been previously opened. ”

“ After an immense quantity of these narrow bandages had been removed, wide pieces of cloth were found, which were neatly folded diagonally across the body, and were fastened together with some glutinous substance at the head and feet. This glued part was easily loosened by being wetted with alcohol, but the removal of these few folds consumed a considerable time. At this period, a number of small dead insects of the beetle tribe were met with and the cloth had evidently been perforated by them in many places ; one living insect was found, about the size of a flea. ”

“ The hair was in excellent preservation, being very fine, and about 31⁄2 inches long, forming ringlets like those of children, and of a deep auburne shade, with not the slightest appearance of wool - the eyes were replaced by balls of cotton - the lips, cheeks, and sides of the head, had suffered much from the attacks of the insects, many of which were found deeply imbedded in the round holes which they had perforated in the flesh - the teeth were white, regular and very pretty ”