Him not "mafish" when him go in there,' said Ali.
"'Nonsense!' I said.

'Who ever heard of a live mummy ?' "We lifted the body out of the coffin, nearly choking ourselves with mummy dust in the process, and there beneath it half hidden among the spices, we made our first find.

It was a roll of papyrus, carelessly fastened and wrapped in a piece of mummy cloth, having to all appearance been thrown into the coffin at the moment of closing.[*] [*] This roll contained the third unfinished book of the history.

The other two rolls were neatly fastened in the usual fashion.

All three are written by one hand in the Demotic character .-- Editor.
"Ali eyed the papyrus greedily, but I seized it and put it in my pocket, for it was agreed that I was to have all that might be discovered.
Then we began to unwrap the body.