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express my astonishment that hitherto we have 

 heard little or nothing about it. It may be that 

 our Irish brethren have been too modest to place 

 such valuable experiences on record ; and if that 

 be the case they must not blame us for deliberately 

 refusing, in the present state of our knowledge or, 

 mayhap, of our ignorance to accord to them their 

 otherwise legitimate credit of priority. 



