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a carving in sea-horse tooth representing a bear attacking a 
Greenlander,—supposed to have been used as a chess-man. 
3. On his own part, a large collection of animal remains 
found near Dunshaughlin, county of Meath. 
W. R. Wilde, Esq., exhibited :— 
1. On the part of Henry Grattan, Esq., a bronze or brass 
two-handled cup, and a large fragment of wrought iron, 
found at Holycross. 
2. On the part of Sir Benjamin Chapman, Bart., a selection 
from his collection of Irish antiquities, to be deposited in the 
Museum of the Academy for the present. 
The following recommendations of the Council were 
adopted :— 
1. That a subscription list be opened among the Members 
of the Academy to defray the expense of a conversazione to 
the British Association. 
2. That a special Meeting of the Academy be held on 
Monday, August 24 next, for the election of new Members 
preparatory to the Meeting of the British Association. 
