. The ways of our railways . e box had contained a | mummy, and that its destination was a museum in % Belgium. The remains eventually reached the | museum, but in a rather damaged condition. Sometime afterwards the railway company received a veryindignant letter from a lady in Peru, who statedthat she had been to very considerable trouble andexpense in obtaining the mummified remains of aPeruvian Inca for the Belgium museum, but that,owing to the negligence of the railway authorities,the mummy had reached its destination in a con-dition not fit for exhibition. The railway companydenied liabil
. The ways of our railways . e box had contained a | mummy, and that its destination was a museum in % Belgium. The remains eventually reached the | museum, but in a rather damaged condition. Sometime afterwards the railway company received a veryindignant letter from a lady in Peru, who statedthat she had been to very considerable trouble andexpense in obtaining the mummified remains of aPeruvian Inca for the Belgium museum, but that,owing to the negligence of the railway authorities,the mummy had reached its destination in a con-dition not fit for exhibition. The railway companydenied liability on the ground that if the box hadbeen properly addressed and its contents indicatedupon it, the mistake could not have occurred. TheCourts decided against the railway company, whohad to pay heavy damages to the aggrieved con-signor of the mummy, and the official whose actionled to the inquest being held on a body which hadbeen dead thousands of years has now no furtherambition to walk in the footsteps of Sherlock TEAMS LOADING UP AT A SMALL GOODS STATION, G. N. V.
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