i discarded jars of dried snails ; oil of earthworms-which appeared to be exactly that ; vinum millepedatum-millipedes , these crushed to pieces and soaked in wine ; powder of eygyptiane mummie-an indeterminate-looking dust , whose origin i thought more likely a silty streambank than a pharaoh 's tomb ; pigeons blood , ant eggs , a number of dried toads painstakingly packed in moss , and human skull , powdered .