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the Scottish regalia. I have failed to verify this statement, and do 
not consider that the slightest grounds exist for such a legend. 
No. 2 measures in girth 5 inches. This crystal ball was found at 
Upper Cross, in Co. Kilkenny. Its form is not that of a perfect 
sphere, and it has numerous flaws. 
No. 3 has a girth of 4? inches, and is encircled by four slender 
decorated silver straps, looped at one of the points of intersection. It 
was formerly in the possession of the late Mr. Boylan, of Grafton- 
street, and is described in vol. vil. p. 128, of our Proceedings. 
To these I would add descriptions of the following :— 
No. 4. A magnificent specimen, free of blemish, and measuring no 
less than 94 inches in girth. Owing to the kindness of T. Longfield, 
Esq., M.R.I.A., its possessor, I am permitted to exhibit it this even- 
ing. This exceptionally fine ball surpasses in size all I have yet seen. 
Mr. Longfield bought it some years since, and considers it of undoubted 
Eastern origin. 
No. 5. A sphere which is described in Wotes and Queries, Fifth 
Series, vol. v. for 1878; it measured 5 inches in diameter, and its 
weight is stated to be 6lb. 80z. There is no history belonging to it. 
No. 6. Another crystal sphere, which was exhibited in the Dublin 
Exhibition of 1853, by Lord Rossmore. In the Catalogue, p. 153, it 
is described as haying been found in a bog; its measurements are not 
recorded. 
No. 7 (Continental). Prof. G. Stephens, in the 3rd Part of his 
great work on Old Northern Runic Monuments, which is just pub- 
lished, describes, p. 109, the exploration of certain early interments at 
Frei Laubersheim, a Rhein Hessian village, in the year 1873. The ske- 
leton of a lady was found, buried in one of these graves, and interred with 
it a pair of silver brooches, one of them having a Runic inscription, of 
which he gives an engraving and translation : the tomb also contained 
two cloak-pins of gilt silver, two bronze shoe-buckles, a large buckle 
of iron, a glass goblet, and a large globe of rock crystal, together with 
several other articles. According to Prof. Stephens the Runes re- 
cord she was a priestess, and he therefore draws the natural conclusion 
that the ‘“‘large and costly crystal ball” may have served for ‘her 
official priestly showstone or magic mirror or consulting glass, so well 
known to students of occult lore, and of which several specimens have 
been found in ancient graves.’’ This is an important specimen with 
reference to the earlier history of crystal spheres, for the date of the 
interments is considered by competent judges to be about the sixth 
century. 
The list will be more complete when we include the following re- 
ferences to certain rock crystal spheres found in Scotland; for which 
purpose we would refer to a Paper of Sir James Simpson’s (Proce. Soe. 
of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. iv.): treating of ‘‘ Scottish magical 
charm stones, or curing stones,”’ he describes— 
No. 8. Clach na Bratach, the Stone of the Standard, belonging to 
Struan Robertson, the head of Clan Donnachie. This crystal, which 
