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e. g. con-amen, cert-amen, from con-or, cer-to ; and in Greek, 
e. g- MeArr-omev-n, from péArw ; and in certain participles, as 
tuTtT-opev-oc, from rémrw. 
Lastly, the termination }1- in Hebrew is identified with 
the Irish termination -10n. Thus, in the former language, we 
find, e. g., . 
7-67, likeness, from M7, to be like. 
wP3, purity —,, 7173, to be pure. 
And in the latter we have 
leig-10n, learning, from le1g-1m, to read. 
bam-ion, female, ,, bean, a woman. 
This formative element also appears in the inflection of 
some Latin words : e. g. nat-ion-is, leg-ion-is, reg-ion-is, from 
natio, regio, legio, respectively. 
APRIL 287TH, 1851. 
THOMAS ROMNEY ROBINSON, D.D., Presipent, 
in the Chair. 
On the recommendation of the Council, it was 
Resotvep,—That the sum of £50 be placed at the dis- 
posal of the Council for the purchase of antiquities. 
Reapv,—The following Report of the Council : 
“We recommend that immediate steps be taken to pre- 
pare a Catalogue of the Museum. So-long as we are without 
an accurate list of the articles contained in it, we have no gua- 
rantee for their safety beyond the vigilance and integrity of 
the Curator. It is also obvious, that the want of a proper 
