The part of the grave that had been opened
before was filled with mossy mortar, which impeded us
exceedingly, and entirely prevented a proper investigation of the
fore parts of the body. I will describe everything as I saw it before
our respectable witnesses, whose names I shall publish at large if
permitted. A number of the bones came up separately; for, with
the constant flow of liquid stuff into the deep grave, we could not
see to preserve them in their places. At length great loads of
coarse clothes, blanketing, plaiding, etc. appeared; we tried to lift
these regularly up, and, on doing so, part of a skeleton came up,
but no flesh, save a little that was hanging in dark flitters about
the spine, but which had no consistence; it was merely the
appearance of flesh without the substance. The head was wanting,
and, I being very anxious to possess the skull, the search was
renewed among the mortar and rags. We first found a part of the
scalp, with the long hair firm on it; which, on being cleaned, is
neither black nor fair, but a darkish dusk, the most common of
any other colour. Soon afterwards we found the skull, but it was
not complete.
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