Minutes of Proceedings. 1S3 



Dr. Macalister exhibited four different Shab-ti figures, showing 

 the commonest types of inscriptions in these funereal statuettes. 



The Secretary read the list of Donations to the Library, and the 

 thanks of the Academy were voted to the respective Donors. 



The Secretary read the list of Donations to the Museum, and in 

 connexion therewith read the following letter from Mr. Plunkett : — 



" Enniskillen, 



''.hme22, 1881. 



"SiK, 



" In my Paper published in the Proceedings of the Eoyal Irish 

 Academy (vol. ii., ser. ii.), on the ancient huts found about 21 feet 

 underneath the surface of the peat in the coal-bog near Boho, Co. 

 Fermanagh, I stated that * the cuts on all the posts and stakes found 

 were more or less concave, and, I am of opinion, were formed by a 

 stone axe.' At the time I was exploring the huts, I did not find any 

 stone celts in connexion with them, but during the present month, 

 while a floor of peat was being cut, close to the site on which the huts 

 stood, the handle of a stone axe was found, which strongly supports 

 the opinion I quote above. I have pleasure in presenting the handle 

 to the Academy. I have forwarded it to-day in a small box, and 

 hope it will arrive before the next Meeting. 



' ' I am. Sir, 



'^ Yours, &c., 



" Thomas Plunkett. 



"To THE SeCEETAEY, 



' ' PtOTAL Ieish Academy, 

 "Dublin." 



E. I. A. MINUTES, SESSION 1880-81. L^^J 



