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A large oval stone, artificially smoothed on all its surfaces, ten and 

 a half inches by three and a half; probably used as a web-polisher 

 before the art of calendering by machinery was known to the Irish. 

 Pive globular stones, probably used as weights or sink stones for nets or 

 lines. 



Aflat red touchstone, three and a quarter inches long, of jasper, used 

 for testing the purity of gold, and similar to those described at pp. 11 

 end 81 of the Museum Catalogue. 



A stone shot, three inches in diameter. 



Two weapon-sharpeners, like those figured at p. 75 of Catalogue, 

 of remarkably hard stone, resembling quartz ; one circular, and appa- 

 rently unfinished ; the other, two and three quarter inches long, and 

 much used, with a flattened edge, and deeply grooved diagonally on the 

 flat surfaces by the points of the swords, daggers, or spears, it was used 

 for whetting. The use of this description of implement (which is of not 

 uncommon occurrence in Scandinavia) has recently been determined by 

 finding one with a metal collar encircling the edge, and having a hook 

 and strap at one extremity for attaching it to the person, like the modern 

 " steel" of the flesher. 



A smooth curved waterworn dark stone, highly polished, and pro- 

 bably used as a burnisher. 



Two imperfect red deer's horns. Ten large boars' tusks, and some 

 teeth of ruminants. 



Two large bone beads; a variegated enamel bead ; a large irregularly 

 shaped amber bead ; a smaller one of enamel paste, showing a mixture 

 of red, yellow, and blue colours ; and also a small blue glass bead. 



Two imperfect bone combs, like those already figured in the Ca- 

 talogue at p. 272. 



A bone ferule, two and a half inches long ; solid at one end. 

 A hazel nut, found near the bottom of the crannoge. 

 Eourteen portions of pottery, some rudely glazed, others burned, and 

 some only baked ; and consisting of fragments of various vessels used 

 .either in the arts or for domestic and culinary purposes, such as crucibles, 

 pitchers, and bowls. Among these is a fragment of a bowl or urn, of 

 unglazed pottery, highly decorated with deeply grooved lines on the out- 

 side, and slight indentations on the everted lip. It is of great antiquity; 

 composed of very black clay, darkened still more by the long-continued 

 action of the bog, and mixed with a quantity of particles of white quartz 

 or feldspar, which were probably added to give it stability. A similar 

 description of art may be remarked in some of our oldest mortuary 

 urns. "When we consider that, except the urns which must be referred 

 to the Pagan period, we have scarcely any examples of ancient Irish pot- 

 tery, these specimens possess a peculiar interest for the investigators of 

 fictile ware. 



Fragments of Kimmerage coal rings ; probably part of a bracelet, 

 which seems to have been jointed at one end. 



The bowls of two small pipes, similar to those in the Museum, and 

 usually but erroneously denominated Danish tobacco pipes." 



