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tain an assortment of the instruments which may be supposed 

 most in request among the rude inhabitants of such a country 

 as Ireland must have been at that early epoch. A few were 

 given away, one of each, in particular, to the late Dean of 

 St. Patrick's, and these are probably in our Museum ; but the 

 following remain : 



" I. Three hunting horns, with lateral embouchure, shown 

 on the scale of one-third at fig. 2 (D. 656). 



" 2. Ten others of a different kind, fig. 3 (D. 653) : these 

 differ considerably in size, but that represented is of the ave- 

 rage size. Some of the largest have the seam united by 

 rivets; in others it is marked by a paler line in the bronze, 

 which seems as if they had been brazed, but is probably owing 

 to a thin web of metal, which penetrated between the halves 

 of the mould in which they were cast. All of this kind seem 

 to have had additional joints, of which three were found, figs. 

 4 and 5 (B. 963) ; at least, no other use of these pieces occurs 

 to me ; and in none of them is there any convenient embou- 

 chure. 



" 4. Thirty-one bells of various sizes, figs. 6 (B. 945) 

 and 7 being the extremes ; of the real size. They have loose 

 clappers within, and many of them slits to let the sound 

 escape more freely. The bronze in these is much harder than 

 in the preceding, and has resisted decomposition almost en- 

 tirely. 1 think it can scarcely be doubted that these were 

 bells for cows and sheep, which would be specially useful 

 among the dense forests which then overspread the island. 



"5. Thirty-one celts, of very diflFerent sizes, but none suffi- 

 ciently large to induce a belief that they were used in war. 

 In many of them the colour of the bronze is such as, at first 

 sight, to excite an opinion that they were gilded. There are 



Two of the size of fig. 8 (B. 244). 



Seven of the size of fig. 9 (B. 347). 



Six of the size of fig. 10 (B. 350). 



Five of a size intermediate between these, and 



