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niiscellaueous exhibits of local interest. W. A. Grekn aud R. May, old 

 rushlight holders, cruises, &c., aud the latter a " witch's stone " used 

 quite receutly over the door of an Antrim farm-house to keep witches 

 aud evil spirits away. (This was placed over the door of Section H for 

 the same purpose 1) R. YoUNG, a local series of flint flakes aud scrapers, 

 &c. R. M. Young,* various finds from a kitchen midden, Co. Down. 

 Sir R. Ll. Patterson, autographs of the Red Lion Club at the 1852 

 Belfast meeting, given to the late Robert Patterson, F.R.S. Dr. 

 Symington,* human skull with a 4th molar tooth, and a large series of 

 human skulls cut and measured by the late John Grattan for his work 

 on Craniology, with a copy of that work and plates from same. Dr. 

 SCHAREF,* bones and teeth from the Keishcorran caves, Co. Sligo. 

 Trinity Coij.eGp:, skeleton of Cornelius Magrath, the Irish giant. 

 Miss Andrews and Dr. Letts, the late Professor Andrews' original 

 apparatus for liquefaction of gases, &c. R. Beli., bricks made from 

 diatomaceous earth (a small peasant industry on the Lower Bann), 

 rush crosses. F. J. Bigger, straw cross. Miss Davis and Rev. J. 

 OLaverTY, old Irish harps. W. J. Fennei.1,,* measured drawings of 

 some Ulster souterrains. Rev. G. Meehan. straw mask and skirt used 

 by Co. Leitrim " straw boys " at wedding dances. R. Wei,ch, straw mask 

 from BelmuUet, model curach (Sheephaven type), era-hooks and bog-fir 

 rope from west Donegal, shell necklaces from Bundoran, and framed 

 sets of photographs connected with Ulster ethnography and archaeology. 

 J. J. PhiIvLIPS, drawings of abbeys. Diocese of Down. J. Brown, via- 

 graph and patent wheel. B. D. WiSE, model of the Gobbins lattice girder 

 bridge. S. Roy, miscellaneous exhibits. The B. and N. C. Rly. Co., 

 B. and C. D. Rly. Co., Gt. N. Rly. Co., and M. G. W. Rly. Co.. framed sets 

 of photographs illustrating the five official and some extra excursions. 

 E. LovETT,* tally sticks of various trades, British and foreign. T. 

 Steei<E,* marsupial embryos and Peyipatiis from Australia (^a very fine set). 

 W. Hanna, the Cobra and Black Viper of India, mounted to show 

 difference in fangs. Dr. A. Henry,* objects illustrating his paper on 

 the Lolos of China. T. N. Annandai^e,* photographs of natives of the 

 Malay Peninsula. F. T. Elworthy,* perforated stone amulets. The 

 National Collection of Geological Photographs were also removed here 

 on the last two days b}' Prof. W. W. WatTS*. In the quadrangle, Messrs 

 Wise and Welch exhibited several of the old slide, clog wheel and 

 spoke-wheel cars, some stages in the evolution of the modern cart and 

 jaunting-car. These attracted much attention, as so very few people 

 were aware of the survival of these old vehicles in the north-east of 

 Ireland. H. A. Matier exhibited the old Irish wooden plough still 

 used in light soils in the kingdom of Mourne. 



Ill Secti-on G Professor Fitzgerald had collected together a 

 large number of framed photographs, &c., connected with 



* Exhibits marked with an asterisk were connected with papers or 

 reports read at the Meeting. 



