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18. A spear-head, with broad blade contracting towards 
point, length, 12-4 inches; breadth, 2-2 inches. The originals 
of these were found in Greece, and are now in the possession 
of the Hon. Robert Curzon, Jun., Sussex. 
Cast, in metal, of a large armlet, now in the British Mu- 
seum, made of copper or bronze, ornamented with red and 
yellow enamel ; found with another of the same kind at Drum- 
mond Castle, Perthshire. Presented by Alexander Nesbitt, 
Esq., London. 
Specimens of a curiously tied cloth, made of vegetable 
fibre, not unlike new Zealand matting; with portions of 
woollen binding and thread ; found in a deep cutting in a turf 
bog in the county of Cavan. Presented by Christopher Flem- 
ing, M.D. 
A large mass of iron conglomerate, composed chiefly of 
fine chain mail and sand; discovered about nine miles south 
of Coleraine, in the bed of the lower Bann River. Also an 
iron sword, found further down the same ford of Carnroe. 
Presented by Charles Ottley, Esq., as an addition to the col- 
lection of Antiquities made by the officers of the Drainage 
Commission. 
Dr. Ball exhibited two specimens from the collection of 
T. L. Cooke, Esq., of Parsonstown. One of them, he con- 
sidered, indicated the original form of the object called a 
Crotal, to which he had drawn attention on a former occa- 
sion ;* and though the other resembled the former in shape, 
it appeared to be intended for some other purpose than merely 
making sound. 
Rev. Dr. Graves remarked, that it was improbable that 
any of the class of objects referred to were Crotals; on the 
contrary, he believed they were a species of clasp, from their 
* See Proceedings, vol. iii. p. 135. 
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