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Chapter 15

           Thesehadnotbeenusedtopreservetheintestinesasusual,sotheymusthavebeenplacedthereforsomeotherpurpose.IrememberedthatinVanHuyn’snarrativehehadcommentedonthewaythejarsweresealed.Thiswaslightly,thougheffectually;theycouldbeopenedwithoutforce.Thejarswerethemselvespreservedinasarcophaguswhich,thoughofimmensestrengthandhermeticallysealed,couldbeopenedeasily.Accordingly,Iwentatoncetoexaminethejars.Alittleaverylittleoftheoilstillremained,butithadgrownthickinthetwoandahalfcenturiesinwhichthejarshadbeenopen.Still,itwasnotrancid;andonexaminingitIfounditwascedaroil,andthatitstillexhaledsomethingofitsoriginalaroma.Thisgavemetheideathatitwastobeusedtofillthelamps.Whoeverhadplacedtheoilinthejars,andthejarsinthesarcophagus,knewthattheremightbeshrinkageinprocessoftime,eveninvasesofalabaster,andfullyallowedforit;foreachofthejarswouldhavefilledthelampshalfadozentimes.WithpartoftheoilremainingImadesomeexperiments,therefore,whichmaygiveusefulresults.Youknow,Doctor,thatcedaroil,whichwasmuchusedinthepreparationandceremonialsoftheEgyptiandead,hasacertainrefractivepowerwhichwedonotfindinotheroils.Forinstance,weuseitonthelensesofourmicroscopestogiveadditionalclearnessofvision.LastnightIputsomeinoneofthelamps,andplaceditnearatranslucentpartoftheMagicCoffer

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