NATURAL MUMMIES, p. 35.--Power of nature--Importance of seeking her
ways in the study of her phenomena; to follow her lessons--Division
of natural mummies--Mummies due to the particular qualities of
the soil--Note communicated by Drs. Boucherie, Bermont, and
Gaubert, concerning the mummies of Saint Michel, at Bordeaux;
thermometrical and hygrometrical observations; chemical analysis;
results--Similar facts observed at Palermo--At Toulouse--History of
M. de la Visée--Mummies due to the general qualities of the air and
soil--Mummy of the avalanches--Time of its duration--Mummification
by a cold and dry wind--Morgue of the Great Saint Bernard--Note
communicated by Dr. Lenoir--Mummy of the Sands--Testimony
of Herodotus--Description of Father Kircher--In Egypt--In
Mexico--These facts establish a simple connexion between the
productions of nature and those of human industry.