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falling gracefully across the breast. It is worn in this way by the na- 
tives generally, and also by the Bedouin women when in full dress, 
which I had an opportunity of observing in the tent of a tribe, about 
ten miles from Tangier. A mother sat lamenting near the corpse of 
a young child, and wore a shawl, fastened in the way described, across 
her shoulders. 
No. 4 is a silver brooch, very common in the country, and worn by 
all the women. I have seen it on the Bedouins, the poorer class of 
women of the villages, and the wealthier classes of the cities. 
Nos. 5 and 6 are different patterns, made of brass, and coloured with 
red paint. Two of similar patterns are sometimes united, and worn in 
the same manner as the silver of No. 1. Those in brass are worn only 
by the very poorest; but this circumstance indicates how generally the 
ornaments of this type are distributed through the country. 
No. 3 is a silver ear-ring, which I purchased from some acrobats 
from Soos, the southern province of Morocco. The ears are kept open 
by a piece of wood when not occupied by the ear-ring. 
No. 2 is a copper ring, taken off the upper arm, immediately above 
the elbow, of a brother of the Sheikh of Wednoon, when at Mogador. 
He said he had worn it for many years, and immediately presented it to 
me on my asking permission toexamine it. His arm was marked where 
it was in contact, and the colour of his skin changed where it had 
rubbed. I have no doubt he was correct in saying that he seldom 
took it off. 
A necklace of amber and silver, from Mogador, and some other ob- 
jects, not lithographed, together with those described, are in the Mu- 
seum of the Royal Irish Academy, and are worthy the examination of 
those interested in antiquarian pursuits. 
I learned at Mogador, that at Wednoon, far in the interior, orna- 
ments similar in form were made of gold, bnt was unable to obtain any 
in Morocco. It would be interesting to procure specimens of the differ- 
ent-sized brooches, and the other ornaments worn by the inhabitants of 
Morocco and the neigbouring provinces, as most probably they have not 
altered the fashion of their adornments for ages. The similarity of form 
in the accompanying illustrations must, at least, be considered as another 
evidence of the trade anciently existing between the Pheenicians, their 
colonies, and this country. 
Nos. 7 and 8 are silver brooches; they were dug up in Ireland—the 
former near Galway, the latter near Tralee—and are lithographed, to 
show the great resemblance existing between the brooches of ancient 
Treland and Morocco of the present time. 
Mr. Urquhart, in his ‘‘ Pillars of Hercules,’’ notices the fact of the 
existence in Northern Africa of brooches similar to those used formerly 
by the Scotch; but that gentleman has neither published drawings of 
the brooches in his work, nor has he, so far as I am informed, brought 
home any specimens of these ornaments, which must be considered ob- 
jects of great interest by all students of ethnology and archeology. 
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