Coffey — Cairn Excavated on Belmore Mountain. 



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the bones of a bird, about the size of a plover. The latter crumbled 

 when exposed to the air, and the species "O'as not determined. 



"A few feet farther in, large limestone flags, much weathered, wire 

 reached. These formed the right arm of a cruciform passage and 

 chamber grave of typical form. It was then found more convenient 

 to make a new opening along the axis of the passage and follow up 



Fig. 3.— Boars' Tusks, 

 the compartments of the passage and the chambers in succession. The 

 bearing of the passage was approximately south-east (see fig. 1). 

 When three feet of the talus was removed on this new line of excava- 

 tion, the passage was reached. It is worthy of remark that no 

 covering stones were found on the passage, or on the head and side 

 chambers, with the exception of the left-hand chamber. 



