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Fig. 210 is a brass crucifix from Munnsville, of a larger size and 

 with more emblems, but with much the same arrangement. One 

 -end of the crossbar differs from the other, 



Fig. 158 shows both sides of a thin brass crucifix found by Dr 

 Hinsdale among the salt vats near the Ganentaha spring, the seat 

 of the French mission house of 1656. It is of antique appearance, 

 but in fine preservation, and the natural impulse is to connect it 

 with this mission. The French inscription strengthens this. On 

 comparison with recent memorials of modern religious missions, the 

 writer is inclined to ascribe it to our own day. The obverse has 

 Christ on an inscribed cross, and with the knees unusually drawn up. 

 Each limb of the cross terminates in a trefoil outline, and these 

 each include two or three small bosses on the obverse. The reverse 

 is quite plain, and has SOUVENIR on the short, and DE MIS- 

 SION on the long bar of the cross. 



In the Hildburgh collection is a crucifix in which the lower limb 

 "but slightly exceeds the other three in length-, these being alike in 

 extent. 



Mr Henry E. Kingman, of Owego, kindly sent an account of 

 two brass crucifixes he found at that place in 1901, none occurring 

 there before. One was perfect; the other broken at the base. The 

 robed figure mentioned is the Virgin, and the general character like 

 some before described. He said: 



On one side is the Saviour crucified, with a skull and crossbones 

 at the bottom. Above Christ's head are the letters I. H. S., but these 

 letters are not distinguishable on the perfect cross. On the broken 

 one they can readily be read. On the reverse is the Saviour in his 

 robes, while above his head is a crown, and above the crown a dove. 

 On either side of the head is a cherub. The crucifix is if inches 

 long from the tip of the loop to the base, and i inch in width. The 

 other crucifix is wider. 



A fine but small brass crucifix is from Pompey, having an extreme 

 length of i inches. It is foliated in a peculiar way. There are 

 semicircular projections on each side of the limbs, but the inter- 

 mediate projection is long, narrow and pointed. On the obverse 

 is a figure of Christ with extended arms. The reverse has the Vir- 

 gin, the angels and the dove. Fig. 381 is of this. 



