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I may mention that the skill of our ancestors in fighting with 

 these hand stones is not yet a lost art, and I have myself seen 

 modern " Lapides Pugillares " extracted in great quantities from 

 the footpaths in Belfast tor use in battle against the hostile fol- 

 lowers of the late lamented Sir Robert Peel. 



Geraldus Cambrensis also states that the native Irish of the 

 twelfth and thirteenth century were ignorant of the use of the bow 

 and arrow, a statement confirmed by the fact that I have never 

 found, or even hetird of having been found, a flint arrow head or 

 spear head m direct connection with either fort or souterrain. 

 We must come to the conclusion that the beautiful specimens of 

 flint arrow and spear heads displayed in our museums and private 

 collections are not only not of the stone age, nor of the bronze age, 

 but so far as Ireland is concerned, merely introductions of the 

 Norman Invaders. In nearly all souterrains and in Ballykennedy, 

 were found flint flakes and scrapers, but all were of the rudest 

 and most primitive description. 



It will be seen by Messrs. Fennel & Clarke's plan that 

 chamber A widens at the north end and develops the shape of 

 the letter " Y ". The west fork of the Y was completely 

 blocked up, the roof having fallen in We started to clear this, 

 first by excavating from below, carrying the filling up stuft in 

 buckets out by the present entrance. This was very slow work, so 

 we measured out the position above ground and sank a shaft down. 

 We had to raise some very heavy stones by means ot ropes and 

 crowbars, but eventually when these were removed it became a 

 matter of merely small stones and earth, which we drew up in 

 buckets, until we had chamber " B " a small one, completely 

 cleared out. We found nothing of note in the soil and stones 

 removed, but the clearing of this chamber revealed the presence 

 of a very remarkable flue or ventilator measuring 12" x 14" in 

 section. By the aid of candles, fastened to a length of paling 

 wire, we could see along this for about 12 feet, when a bend to the 

 left prevented our seeing further. We again measured outside and 



