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was for some time immerged in a brassfounder's pickle before 

 I heard of it. The pickle deprived it of the enamel, but it ex- 

 hibits the natural golden hue of the metal ; and is curious for 

 the manner in which the handle must have been affixed to it. 

 The broken hatchet (marked T) shows the fine edge this sort 

 of metal was capable of receiving. 



" No. 15. Gold-coloured spear-heads of various kinds, 

 from the large war-spear to the small one used for hunting. 

 Some of these are in my collection. I send the javelin-head, 

 marked U, for inspection, although it was not found at Dow- 

 ris, because it is remarkable as being barbed. 1 purchased 

 this specimen some years ago, at an auction of the effects of 

 the late Edmund Molony, of Clonoony Castle, in the King's 

 County. The barbs render it, I believe, unique. They seem 

 to have been affixed with white solder, but they undoubtedly 

 are of the same metal with the remainder of the weapon. The 

 monarch Crimthan, who died A. D. 79, is said to have brought 

 to his palace at Howth, from a foreign expedition, a lance so 

 contrived that a person wounded by it could not recover. The 

 spear-head now exhibited appears well suited to effect an 

 equally deadly result, for it is probable that the barbs would 

 become detached, and remain in any wound inflicted by it. 



" No. 16. Two unfinished globular bells. These were 

 broken by the finders, for the purpose, as one of them informed 

 me, of trying what was within it. These crotals are marked 

 X and Y, and they furnish important evidence of the country 

 in which all the articles found along with them were manufac- 

 tured. These are also composed of the gold-coloured metal. 



" No. 17. A number of small pieces of rub-stone, having 

 convex, concave, and flat surfaces, to suit the form of the various 

 implements to be polished and finished up with them. Some 

 of these pieces, marked Z, Z 2, and Z 3, are exhibited. 



" No. 18. Some of the waste gold-coloured metal which 

 remained after the operation of casting. It is marked A a, and 

 evidently fell in a state of fusion against the side of one of the 



