Note 10 — X. On the Significance of the Geographical Distribution of the Practice of Mummification.—A Study of the Migrations of Peoples and the Spread of certain Customs and Beliefs.

Sir William Thiselton Dyer informs me that in all probability it was not cedar but juniper that was obtained by the Ancient Egyptians from Syria [and used for embalming]. The material to which reference is made here would probably be identical with the modern ‘huile de cade,’ and be obtained from juniperus excelsa.

I retain the term “oil of cedar” to facilitate the bibliographical references, as all the archæologists and historians invariably use this expression.