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Rev. Dr. Todd presented, from Lord Granville Somerset, 
a copy of the Charters of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
Colonel Jones, R. E., presented a printed description and 
drawing of an antique tombstone, of the natural size, found at 
Athlone. 
Mr. J. Huband Smith read an account of the present state 
of the ancient ecclesiastical remains of Iona. 
After alluding to the difficulty of procuring accommodation 
in this remote island, and the impossibility of obtaining more 
than a mere glance at the details of the group of ecclesiastical 
buildings, in the way in which they are now usually seen by 
tourists, Mr. Smith went into a very minute account of the 
Nunnery, with its grave-yard, containing some interesting 
monuments. He then described two ancient causeways, and the 
church of St. Oran, which he supposes to be the most ancient 
edifice on the island, though he declined to express any definite 
opinion as to its age. Of the doorway of this church Mr. 
Smith exhibited a very careful drawing, on a large scale, as 
well as others of some of the most remarkable tombstones in 
the Releg Oran. He then proceeded to give some account of 
the grave of St. Columba, adjoining to the great western door 
of the cathedral, the nave, chancel, and aisles of which, toge- 
ther with its noble square tower, he described in detail, with 
measurements which he had carefully taken. 
The numerous drawings made by Mr. Smith, from his 
own sketches on the spot, contributed not a little to convey 
a more satisfactory idea of various particulars than any verbal 
description could have done; and, with many rubbings taken 
from tombstones and crosses, enabled him to correct some 
errors into which Pennant and other writers had fallen, in the 
deciphering and translation of certain Irish inscriptions yet 
remaining at Iona. Mr. Smith lastly noticed the Cross of 
Inverary, which is said to have been brought from Iona at 
the time of the Reformation, and produced a very careful 
