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trast with the rest, both as to material and workmanship ; and if 
we are to judge of their ages from those circumstances, No. 30 
must be very ancient. 
‘« Respecting the specimens presented from my own collection, 
I regret I can give little valuable information, as that received from 
the persons I got them from may not be correct, and was confined 
in most cases to the name of the locality where they were obtained ; 
however, such as it is, | have marked it on each.  ~ 7 
“It may be interesting to know, that the large sword, No. 37, 
was found in the same townland as seven golden balls already in the 
Academy, viz. Tumna, in the county of Roscommon. 
‘* T can form no opinion as to what the two tubes, Nos. 43 and 44, 
are; but the smaller one contains a piece of timber, which was in it 
when found, and which fitted it completely. 
“J am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
“ Ricuarp A. Gray. 
“ William T. Mulvany, Esq., Com- 
missioner of Public Works, 
Custom-house, Dublin.” 
[Memoranpvm to accompany the Antiquities sent by Mr.F RAsER. | 
“¢ CASTLEBERNARD DISTRICT. 
‘¢Some of the antiquities found in this district were got in the 
valley of the Camcor River; the others in the valley of the Pass 
Stream, a small tributary of the former. 
“ The greater part of the valley is composed of alluvium brought 
down from the Slievebloom Mountain. As a proof of the great 
extent to which the alluvium has been deposited, even within a 
comparatively recent period, may be instanced the finding of the 
remains of a small mill, imbedded in the sand and gravel, at the 
junction of the Kilmaine River with the Camcor. Portions of the 
walls were found, forming an irregular figure about 13 feet by J1. 
In one end was found what appeared to be the opening for the axle 
of the water-wheel ; and just opposite to it, on the outside, the 
timber-head stock framing for the support of the gudgeon. The 
top of this framing, and consequently the axle of the wheel, was 
about nine feet below the present surface of the land. This old 
