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An Account of THREE METAL TRUMPETS, found 

 in the County of Limerick y in the Tear 1787. By RALPH 

 O U S L E Y, Efq; M. R, L A, Commtmieated by JOSEPH 

 COOPER WALKER, Efq-, Secretary to thi^ , Committee of 

 Antiquities, 



XX S every attempt to elucidate the antiquities of this country ReadMarck 

 has of late been favourably received, the following fhort defcrip- ^^' ' ^^^' 

 tion of three uncommon mufical inftruments is with great defe- | 

 rence offered to the Royal Irifli Academy. 



These trvimpets were found by a peafant cutting turf in the 

 bog of Carrick-O'Gunnell, county of Limerick, in the month of 

 May, 1787, and by him fold to a brazier in the city of Limerick, 

 who referved them for the prefent pofTeflor. They are of a rich 

 mixed metal, neither copper nor brafs, but. inclining rather to a 

 copper colour. They refemble ftrongly tliofe defcribed in 



Walker's 



