Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-22

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 the appearance of having been carelessly l tbrown down in a corner for it was lying on | its side.
 | went up to it to examine it. It was well made, but of perfectly plain cedar wood not an inscription, not a solitary god on it.
 ''Never see ono like him before," said All. | "Bury great hurry, he no 'mafsh,' no 'fneesh.' Throw hlm Gown there on side." | Hooked at the plain case till at last my interest was thoroughly aroused. I had been so shocked by the sight of the scattered 1 dust of tho departed that had made up my mind not to touch the remaining cofin-but l now my curiosity ovcrplme me, and we set to work.
 l Ali had brought mallet and Q cold chisel | with him and having set the coffin straight he began upon it with all tho A,al of an experl- enced tomb breaker. And then he pointed out another thing. Most mummy cases are fastened by four little tongues of wood, two on either side, which arc fixed in tho upper | half, and passing into mortises cut to re- ceive them in the thickness of the lower half, are there held fast by pegs of hard wood. But this mummy case had eight such tongues. Evidently it had been thought well to secure it firmly. At last, with great difficulty, we raised the massive | lid, which was nearly three inches thick, and there, covered over with a deep layer of loose spices Ca very unusual thing), was the body.
 Ali looked at it with open eyes-and no wonder. For this mummy was not as other mummies are. Mummies in general lie upon their backs, as stiff and calm as though they were cut from wood; but this mummy lay upon it's side, and, the wrap pings notwithstanding, it's knees were slightly bent. More than that, indeed, the | gold mask, which, after the fashion of the Ptolemaic period, had been set upon the face, had worked down, and was literally pounded up beneath the hooded head.
 It was impossible, seeing these things, to | avoid the conclusion that the mummy be- 1 fore us had moved with violence since it was put in the coffin.
 "Him very funny mummy. Him not 'mafish' when him go in there," said Ali. l "Nonsensew said. "Who ever heard of live mummy"
 We lifted the body out of the coffin, nearly choking ourselves with mummy l dust in the process, and there beneath it, | half hidden among the spices, we made our first find. It was roll of papyrus, care lessly fastened and wrapped in Q piece of mummy cloth, having, to all appearance, been thrown into the coffin at the moment of closing.
 Ali eyed the papyrus greedily, but I seized it and put it in my pocket, for it was | agreed that was to have all that might be discovered. Then we began to unwrap tho body. It was covered with very broad, strong bandages, thiolkly wound and rough ly tied, sometimes by means of simple knots, the whole work bearing the appear ance of having been executed in great haste and with difficulty. Just over the head was large lump. Presently the handages cov- ering it were off, and there, on the face, lay 8 second roll of papyrus. I put down my hand to lift it, but it would not come away. It appeared to be fixed to the stout, seam less shroud which was drawn over the whole body and tied beneath the feet, as a farmer ties sacks. This shroud, which was also thickly waxed, was in one piece, being made to fit the form like garment. took candle and examined the roll, and then ] saw why it was fast The spices had con
 gealed and glued it to the aack-lke shroud It was impossible to get 1t away without tearing the outer sheets of papyrus.
 At last, however, I wrenched it loose and put it with the other in my pocket.
 Then in silence we went on with oul
 dreadful task. With much care we ripped
 loose the sack-like garment, and at last the
 body of 0 man lay before us. Between his
 knees was third roll of papyrus. SC
 cured it, and then held down the lights an6 looked at him. Being a doctor, one glance
 at his face was enough to tell me how ht
 had died.
 This body was not much dried up Xvi dently it had not passed seventy days il natron, and therefore tho expression ant } likeness Wara better preserved than il z usual Without entering into particulars