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respect the bone so treated by the cave men and the Swiss lake 

 dwellers. In 1868 a similar find was made near the Broadway 

 Factory, and amongst the bones then found were some of the 

 red deer, which had artificial markings, where the flint tools had 

 been at work. Another recently discovered relic of the past was 

 the supposed canoe, which was cut through in driving sheet 

 piles at the waste ground close to the Albert Bridge, where some 

 works in connection with the main drainage had been going on. 

 He and Mr. Lavens M. Ewart visited the place in December 

 last, and saw at the depth of ten feet the trunk of an oak tree, 

 four feet in diameter, which had been burned out on the upper 

 side like a canoe. The part which was cut out by the piles 

 measured six and a half feet long, by four feet wide and three 

 feet deep. The thickness of the sides was not more than six 

 inches, and the wood was sound in the middle. The two 

 extremities of the tree was undisturbed in the sleech at that 

 time, but he understood that one end had been laid bare, and it 

 forked off into two branches. As the other end was still 

 uncovered, it might show visible signs of a canoe in process of 

 formation if laid bare. 



Professor FitzGerald apologised for having to leave the 

 meeting, and 



Mr. W. H. Patterson presided during the remainder of the 

 meeting. 



Mr. S. F. MiLLiGAN read a Paper on 

 IRISH ARCHEOLOGY. 



Mr. S. F. MiLLiGAN, who was cordially received, said — It is not 

 the first time I have had the privilege of addressing this society 

 on Irish archaeology. On the present occasion I propose to deal 

 with the mode of living, culture, and social customs, illustrating 

 the every-day life of the people in ancient Ireland. Before the 

 Christian era this country had advanced so far as to possess a 



