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CONTENTS. vii 



POLITE LITERATURE. 



ART. PAGK 



I. The Punic Passage in Plautus, collated with parallel Passages of 

 the Hebrew Scriptures. By the Rev. James Hamilton, A.M. 



Read June 29, 1835, . . .• 3 



II. An Essay on the Nature, Age, and Origin of the Sanscrit Writing . 



andLanguage.ByCuARi.Es'WiLhiAnWAhhfD.D.M.R.I.A., yc^ 



Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Read November 13, 



1837, 65 



HI. On the Years and Cycles used by the Ancient Egyptians. By the 

 Rev. Edward Hincks, D.D. (Communicated by the Presi- 

 dent.) Read April 9, 1838, 153 



ANTIQUITIES. 



I. Remarks on the Book of Mac Firbis, an Irish Manuscript lately 



transcribed for the Academy. By George Petrie, Esq., 



R.H.A. M.R.I.A. Read February 27, 1837, ... 3 



II. An Account of an ancient Irish Reliquary, called the Domnach 



Airgid. By George Petrie, Esq., R.H.A. M.R.I.A. Read 



October 22, 1832, 14 



III. On the History and Antiquities of Tar a Hill. By George Petrie, 

 . Esq., R.H.A. M.R.I.A. Read April 24, May 8, and May 22, 



1837, . 25 



