Wesearchedthecorpseverycarefullyfortheusualopeningsthroughwhichtheentrailsareextracted，but，tooursurprise，wecoulddiscovernone。
Nomemberofthepartywasatthatperiodawarethatentireorunopenedmummiesarenotinfrequentlymet。Thebrainitwascustomarytowithdrawthroughthenose；theintestinesthroughanincisionintheside；thebodywasthenshaved，washed，andsalted；thenlaidasideforseveralweeks，whentheoperationofembalming，properlysocalled，began。
Asnotraceofanopeningcouldbefound，DoctorPonnonnerwaspreparinghisinstrumentsfordissection，whenIobservedthatitwasthenpasttwoo’clock。Hereuponitwasagreedtopostponetheinternalexaminationuntilthenextevening；andwewereabouttoseparateforthepresent，whensomeonesuggestedanexperimentortwowiththeVoltaicpile。
Theapplicationofelectricitytoamummythreeorfourthousandyearsoldattheleast，wasanidea，ifnotverysage，stillsufficientlyoriginal，andweallcaughtitatonce。Aboutone-tenthinearnestandnine-tenthsinjest，wearrangedabatteryintheDoctor’sstudy，andconveyedthithertheEgyptian。
Itwasonlyaftermuchtroublethatwesucceededinlayingbaresomeportionsofthetemporalmusclewhichappearedoflessstonyrigiditythanotherpartsoftheframe，butwhich，aswehadanticipated，ofcourse，gavenoindicationofgalvanicsusceptibilitywhenbroughtincontactwiththewire。This，thefirsttrial，indeed，seemeddecisive，and，withaheartylaughatourownabsurdity，wewerebiddingeachothergoodnight，whenmyeyes，happeningtofalluponthoseoftheMummy，werethereimmediatelyrivetedinamazement。Mybriefglance，infact，hadsufficedtoassuremethattheorbswhichwehadallsupposedtobeglass，andwhichwereoriginallynoticeableforacertainwildstare，werenowsofarcoveredbythelids，thatonlyasmallportionofthe_tunicaalbuginea_