OBSERVATIONS* 



WHICH ACCOMPANIED A 



HEBREW MEBAL, 



SUBMITTED TO THE INSPECTION OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



BY THE REV. R. WALSH, M. R. I. A. 



Read, June 28, 1819. 



In the thg late war, my brother, Doctor Walsh, was attached to 

 the British army acting in the north of Europe, where he availed 

 himself of an opportunity of visiting Poland and Russia ; and, in his 

 way, collected some coins and medals, which, on his return to 

 Ireland, he gave to me, to add to my collection. They were 

 wrapped in paper, to prevent their attrition, and generally labeled, 

 on the envelope, with the name, use, and value of each. It was 



* These observations were written without any knowledge, that Mr. Mason had been en- 

 gaged on a similar subject, and the original transcript contained much more, that had been 

 collected for the occasion ; but, as many of them were found to be repetitions of that Gentle- 

 man's remarks, they are now omitted, and those only retained, which do not appear to have 

 been anticipated by his essay, to which this is to be considered as supplementary. 

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