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6. Caldey isle, Pembroke. The remains of an inscription which I 

 venture to supply bobotcn on the face. This is accompanied by 

 m&j:utice b&pcern on the edges. I shall have occasion to speak of 

 this more at length in the sequel. 



7. Llanfechan, Cardigan, cpen&cc&cto is the reading given. 

 Perhaps intended for cpen&cc&ci ; or to maybe an epithet, " little." 



8. Bedd Emlyn, Cardigan, pubibrm copf&ci. 



II. Two names, one governing the other : — 



1. The remains of the name m&5&pii. Worthy vale, Cornwall. 



2. Crickhowel, Brecknock, cuppib (cpi)ttuni. There is just 

 room on the edge for the thirteen scores of cpi. 



3. Llandyssul, Cardigan. "oeccM bxyp-p&torn. The inscriptions 

 on this precious monument have been intentionally defaced. Mr. 

 Bandall Roberts read -oecc^i b/vn^tb-oip. It is easy to suppose 

 -ffffl misread j^- Then bx>iy, which is impossible, -p " ■ "" | i n 

 contains the same number of scores as -t+ j|j[| m -n., which will re- 

 concile the reading with the Latin. 



III. Filiation expressed : — 



1. Pardell, Devon, pvp^uci tiiAf <J1C1. 



2. S. Dogmaels, Pembroke. p^pAmni tn^i ctinAX&mi. 



3. Cilgerran, „ cpen^iifti mA<p m^i cpem. 



4. Bridell, ,, necc&p^pti tti&(|i mucoi ppeci. 



5. Llandawke, Caermarthen. m&<ji iti(iicoi) humete-oonxyp. 



IY. The name of the raiser of the monument, with ellipsis of an 

 equivalent of posott : — 



1. Clydai, Pembroke, ercepn(i) f(ic)coj\ 



2. Trallong, Brecknock, cun^cenm pibpjreco. 



3. Kenfig, Glamorgan, pompei (c&-p&nc)o p&t(ifte)pme<| n&n. 



4. Llanwinio, Caermarthen. &pp boci bi(^t)i) bepp(e). 



Several of these monuments bear crosses, but the crosses seem to be, 

 In most instances, additions of a time later than that of the inscrip- 

 tion. We have observed that the rule of Ogham inscriptions was to 

 be written upwards ; so they begin at some distance from one end of 

 the stone, leaving sufficient room for fixing that end in the ground. 

 The inscriptions in Latin characters are usually to be read downwards, 

 and they frequently begin very near to one end of the stone. In the 

 following instances a cross appears on the upper part of the stone, as 

 it stands at present ; but the downward direction of the Ogham, or 

 the upward direction of the Latin, shows that the monument has been 



