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good example by bequeathing such a chair, with the 

 date 1685 carved upon it in bold relief, to Mr. P. M. C. 

 Kermode, for the Manks Museum, in which she knew he 

 took so great an interest. If this example were more 

 generally followed we cannot doubt but that a very 

 interesting collection would be formed illustrating the 

 past history of the Island. 



If the foregoing pages in any degree help to the 

 establishment of such an institution as a well-equipped 

 Insular Museum, by arousing interest in it, and by 

 suggesting the character of its collections, so far as 

 Antiquities are concerned, and, perhaps, by inducing our 

 readers to secure for it before it becomes too late such 

 articles as are illustrative of the past history of the Island, 

 we shall feel that this little book has not been published 

 in vain. 



Fig. 56. Old type of long Manks cottage. From a sketch bv 

 Sir H. Dryden. 



