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side, are so cut that they form a sort of continuous mortising, 
which prevents their being drawn apart, independently of the 
brazing. 
‘¢ The other vessel is constructed in the same way. Its 
shape is very peculiar, and its dimensions are as follow: 
Greatest breadth, . . . . about inch. 
4s lenpth,”: 3s '. »,.»* 4) meher 
a eu ete ee ae Cor eee a5 
‘‘ The bottom consists of one piece of metal, five and a half 
inches long, bent, however, unequally to an angle at the great- 
est depth of the vessel. One side of the angle measures about 
three and a half, and the other two inches; and the oval ends 
of the box, to which these are attached, measure severally 
three and four and a quarter inches. 
«‘ The measurements of the shoes are as follow; they may 
be of use to. help parties to compare these with similar shoes 
found elsewhere in Ireland : 
Length, . . . . . . 13} inches in sole. 
iresth, (294), “AP et ed ie ge 99 
Height ofupperbehind, . 23 ,, 9 
Height of instep of A, . 3% 55 > 
Diora: eye Saar ye ” 
‘¢ The shoes weigh as follow :—A, 9$ oz., and B, 8 oz. only. 
‘© Tt has been suggested that these shoes might have been 
originally intended for the purpose of being put on the feet 
of deceased persons of rank ; butas we know of no body haying 
been found interred with shoes of this kind on it, we can attach 
but little weight to this suggestion. It has also been sugges- 
ted that they might have been intended as a measure of capa- 
city for wheat ; but as the two shoes (A) and (B) differ mate- 
rially in their capacity, that notion also appears not to hold 
good either. 
‘¢ The above facts and sarmises are communicated, in the 
