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the cross probably was another figure, with a sponge on a 
reed. 
“No. 14.—A cross partly restored from fragment on the 
church wall of Kirk Michael. Along the broken edge is 
the inscription—‘ Suak raiste krasthana aft rumur fad 
‘ al”. . . Suak erected thiscrossto Rumun. It 
is probably of the same age as No. 3.” 
Dr. Petrie made some observations on Mr. Cumming’s 
communication. 
The! Rev. Dr. Todd read the following letter from J. O. 
Westwood, Esq., on the importance of making a collection 
of rubbings of the inscribed stones of Ireland. 
«© Hammersmith, 6th April, 1854. 
«¢My pear Sir,— During my visit to Dublin, last autumn, 
I was greatly grieved to learn that many of the curious inscribed 
and carved stones of Clonmacnoise, Glendalough, and other 
localities, of which descriptions and figures (more or less per- 
fect) had been published, have, within the last few years, been 
entirely destroyed, without any further record being preserved 
of them whereby doubts which might arise respecting the cor- 
rectness of the descriptions or figures might be solved. 
“« Now, it appears to me that it is one of the especial offices 
of the Royal Irish Academy to rescue, from absolute or par- 
tial oblivion, the class of monuments to which I allude; and 
I know of no more effectual mode of doing so than to form 
as complete a collection of rubbings of these stones as possible. 
_ Of the Ogham stones, I believe, a complete collection of rub- 
bings has been formed by the Rey. Charles Graves, which, I 
trust, may ultimately be deposited in the Academy’s collec- 
tion; but the formation of a series of the inscribed and carved 
stones is a far more extensive matter, and one which requires 
a certain amount of organization. It appears to me, that the 
Society would be acting most beneficially towards this end,— 
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