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one of these there were scraps of old surface which yielded teeth and 

 bones of ox, shells of oyster, cockle and periwinkle, and also split 

 pehhles of quartzite, hut we did not find any hammerstones. We 

 considered, however, that we had evidence of the island having being 

 occupied in prehistoric times. We were informed that the island at 

 present contains seventy inhabitants. Mr. James Boyle, one of the 

 islanders, told us that several years ago, after a great storm, when much 

 sand was blown away, a number of gold and bronze pins were found. 

 He said the Doctor of the island and a schoolmaster got some of them, 

 and others were sold to "museum hunters." There is a plentiful 

 supply of good spring water in this small island. "We were informed 

 that bronze pins had also been found in a neighbouring small island 

 called Inishiree. Eev. W. A. Adams found in this island two hammer- 

 stones, a piece of pottery, and some bones. 



Maghery, Cothstty Don"e&al. 



We also examined the sandhills at Maghery, called by the people 

 of the locality " Maharry." We found eight or ten well marked sites 

 in this place, one of which was still bounded by a circle of stones 

 loosely and irregularly put together, and measured eighteen feet in 

 diameter. Shells were abundant in all the sites and consisted of 

 limpet, mussel, periwinkle, and oyster. We also found a few specimens 

 of do <>•- whelk, some whole and some broken. We found numerous 

 examples of split pebbles and spalls, or flakes of hard crystalline rock, 

 a few well marked hammerstones, and several pieces of flint, some of 

 which showed secondary chipping at the edges. We also found a 

 broken bronze pin — the point end. In this place the black layer had 

 undero-one much denudation, and our finds were all from the present 

 surface. Eev. W. A. Adams found a hammerstone, also a piece of 

 bronze at this ]Dlace, and Mrs. Hunt found a comb nicely decorated with 

 concentric circles. Dr. D'Evelyn also found two broken bronze pins 

 here. 



Btji^beg, County Donegax. 



We made another shift and came north to Bunbeg. I had previously 

 inspected and reported on the remains from the sandhills at this 

 place. We again examined the sites and found hammerstones, choppers, 

 one of which is figured in ISTo. VII., fig. 33, and the usual spHt pebbles. 

 Althouo-h I did not find flint in this place on my first examination, yet 

 Mrs. Coffey, on the second day of our visit, found several pieces. 



