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larity of some of these articles, which were then supposed to 

 be Irish, to specimens preserved iu the Copenhagen Museum, 

 had long been a subject of interest to our antiquaries ; but he 

 had recently learned, that those very articles were a present 

 from the same Society of Northern Antiquaries, made to the 

 Academy so long back as the year 1816, and hence a few of 

 the finest of them are now added to the present donation. Dr. 

 Petrie then particularized several of the other specimens con- 

 tained in the collection recently presented to the Academy ; 

 one of these was a curious spiral armlet, which, he said, was 

 of a class very rare in Ireland, the only one which he had ever 

 seen in this country being in his own collection ; the bronze 

 collars, or torques, of a spiral pattern, were also of uncommon 

 occurrence in Ireland, though so common in gold. The iron 

 sword in this collection was also of great interest, as it was 

 exactly similar to those found at Kilmainham and other parts 

 of Ireland, and which were now claimed as Danish weapons. 



The special thanks of the Academy were then given to 

 His Majesty the King of Denmark, and the Society of 

 Northern Antiquaries, for the above donation, and also for 

 books* presented at the same time. 



The President, in putting the vote of thanks, which was 

 adopted unanimously, observed, that the example of the So- 

 ciety of Northern Antiquaries suggested to the members of 

 that Academy a very desirable course, namely, to make casts 

 and models of the various relics which belonged to their col- 

 lection. 



A translation of the catalogue of the antiquities presented 

 was communicated by Mr. Peter Browne, Secretary to the 

 British Legation at Copenhagen. It will be found in the 

 Appendix. 



The Rev. Dr. Todd then presented to the meeting some 



* The particulars of this latter donation will appear in the list of presen- 

 tations at the end of this volume. 



