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sup. of hen, old, as aninstance. This final m passed into f in 
the later Welsh, which furnishes several examples of superla- 
tives in af. In the old Armoric, too, we meet with superla- 
tives in af or aff, though in the language as spoken at present 
the termination is reduced to a. 
‘‘To the old Irish superlatives enumerated by Zeuss 
(Gram. Celt.’ p. 287), the following may be added :-— 
ampam, . . . . sup.ofampa, admirable. 
anoum, se. 2 3 anoac? bad, 
annpam, ... - »  annpa, difficult. 
GNoaMg.: ' Hee ecei ts » apd, high. 
cainem, ... . » cam, delightful. 
epmeny eee »  epion, old. 
SGM «2. eb. % » Slap, gray. 
spuloem,. . . - »  Spulo, bitter. 
millpem, . >»  milip, sweet. 
THOOPOMR 2110) 5” ‘s » mon, _ great. 
pinems ef 50... Sy ee, sy \ Olte 
PRUIGEM, »  [Tpuid, distinguished. 
GINOEM 5” Fe Wis. sw “- ceann, strong. 
cpeipim, . . . . >»  cpeip, strong. 
uaiplem } 
and ROE PES »  uapal, noble. 
uaipluum, i 
«¢ Amongst these will be observed two in im, and two in 
um, terminations of which Professor Zeuss seems to have met 
with no examples.” 
The Rev. Samuel Haughton read an account of some ex- 
periments made to determine the velocities of the rifle bullets 
commonly used. 
The Chairman remarked, that such papers as that read by 
Mr. Haughton, combining both the highest science and the 
most exact practical knowledge, were of the greatest national 
importance. 
