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method, {lefondement desa methode^ and that thenceforward 

 no one else (however ignorant of such appropriation) could 

 have any right to use it. 



Having thus endeavoured to prove his claim to priority 

 of publication, and to establish the independence of his own 

 researches, which was all that was necessary for self defence, 

 Mr. Mac Cullagh concluded by saying, that he would there 

 drop the argument, without discussing his claim to priority in 

 the abstract, as he had an objection to disputes of such a 

 kind, and did not wish to pursue them any farther than he 

 was compelled to do. But if any one thought it worth while 

 to examine the merits of this second question, he would 

 find the circumstances relating to it very fully and clearly 

 stated in the last num.ber of the Proceedings of the Academy, 

 (page 217 of the present volume,) and would thence be 

 enabled to form a judgment for himself. 



Mr. Downes read an Extract of a Letter from Pro- 

 fessor Rafn, of Copenhagen, containing the following que- 

 ries, addressed to the Academy, for the purpose of pro- 

 curing information available for the Historical Monuments of 

 Greenland^ a work projected by the Society of Northern 

 Antiquaries : 



" 1. Are- there any accounts that the District of Majo 

 [Mayo] in Ireland, or its north-western section, was at the 

 close of the fourteenth century independent, or had separate 

 princes ? 



2. i* Where did these princes reside ? 



3. " We should hke to have a catalogue of the princes 

 of this district from the earliest times. 



4. "What harbours are there between Broad Haven 

 and the hay of Killala ? 



5. "What is the right name of the north point of the 

 district Majo? (Cape Binir or Cape CaUiugh ?) 



6. " Is this headland high, and visible from a great dis- 

 tance ? 



