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ment is exactly the same as that of the only human figure on 
the cross of St. Vigean, belonging, as I conjecture, to the same 
period. 
“The next inscription which I shall notice is that on one 
old monument which was found some years ago in the parish 
of Insch, Aberdeenshire. The dimensions of the stone are 
six feet by one foot eight inches. The inscription runs along 
the central /ength of the stone. It is— 
ORAGEPR°RH KARADVLFI? SAce RDOCIS: 
This is evidently : 
Orate pro Anima Radulphi Sacerdotis. 
The characters shew the influence of Anglo-Saxonism at the 
period when the monument was executed. There are good 
grounds for believing, that it was placed over the grave of 
Radulph, Bishop of Aberdeen, who died in 1247. 
** Thave been induced to give the above specimens of an- 
cient inscriptions in Scotland, in the hope that they may incite 
the able and zealous archeologists of Ireland to direct their at- 
tention to the subject. There are other inscriptions in this 
country of, perhaps, greater interest, to which I forbear to 
refer; partly because I confess my entire ignorance of their 
nature, and partly because I believe they have already at- 
tracted the notice of members of your Academy, from whom, 
if from any, the interpretation of those inscriptions may be 
expected. 
‘* Between the antiquities of Ireland, and those of the north 
_ of Seotland, there are many points of interesting connexion. 
The aborigines of both countries belonged to the same great 
family of the human race; both remained almost equally in- 
taet by the ambition of ancient Rome ; neither had to bow the 
neck to the yoke of the old Saxons; both were harassed by 
the Danes; and while the Picts were compelled, partially, 
to succumb to warriors of Irish descent, it was to missionaries 
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