entirely arrested. The rapidity of the change considerably lessens as
the temperature advances above 100° F. A remarkable instance of the
preservative power of cold is given by Adolph Erman, who states that
the body of Prince Menschikoff, a favorite of Peter the Great, exhumed
after ninety-two years’ burial in frozen soil, had undergone hardly any
change. Buried in hot sand as is seen in the desert, a body putrefies
very slowly and generally becomes mummified.