e inside. The _pomum
Adami_ had been broken, or was not there; I forget which. This bone
was quite perfect in St. Ambrose; his body was wholly uninjured;
the lower jaw (which was broken in one of the two martyrs) was
wholly uninjured in him, beautifully formed, and every tooth, but
one molar in the lower jaw, quite perfect and white and regular.
His face had been long, thin, and oval, with a high arched
forehead. His bones were nearly white; those of the other two were
very dark. His fingers long and very delicate; his bones were a
marked contrast to those of the two martyrs.

"The finding, I was told, was thus:--In the ninth century the
Bishop of Milan translated the relics of St. Ambrose, which till
then had laid side by side with the martyrs in one great stone
coffin of two compartments, St. Gervase being, according to the
account, nearest to St. Ambrose. He removed St. Ambrose from this
coffin into the great porphyry urn which we both saw in the
_scurolo_; leaving the martyrs where they were. In 1864 the
martyrs' coffin was opened, and one compartment was found empty,
except a single bone, the right-ankle bone, which lay by itself in
that empty compartment. This was sent to the Pope as all that
remained of St. Ambrose; in the other compartment were the two
skeletons complete. St. Ambrose's urn was not opened till the other
day, when it was removed from its place for the alterations. The
bones were found perfect all but the ankle bone. They then sent for
it to Rome, and the President of the Seminary showed me how it
fitted exactly in its place, having been separated from it for nine
centuries.

"The Government seems very desirous to make a handsome restoration
of the whole chapel, and the new shrine will be completed by May
next."

Thus far my friend's letter.

I have not been able in such historical works as are at my command to
find notice of Archbishop Angelbert's transferring St. Ambrose's body
from the large coffin of the martyrs to the porphyry urn which has been
traditionally pointed out as the receptacle of the Saint, and in which
he was recently found. That the body, however, recently disinterred
actually was once in the coffin of the martyrs is evidenced by its
right-ankle bone being found there. Another curious confirmation arises
from my friend's remark abou