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que sanctum in eorum armis ferunt indutum cucuUa nigra in rubro clipeo 

 stantem " (p. 10). The shield is also represented in the plate (Taf. i.), 

 Gules, a hermit, holding in his left hand a staif, and wearing a wallet, 

 all proper, the head surrounded by a nimbus or. 



S. Fridolin, the patron saint of Glarus, was a native of Ireland ; and 

 the German form of his name is to be accounted for by the common 

 practice of translating Celtic names, or accommodating them by trans- 

 formations, more or less violent, to the genius of the languages spoken 

 in the regions where the Irish missionaries settled. He flourished in the 

 early part of the seventh century, and several memoirs of him are re- 

 printed by Colgan from Continental writers, at his festival, the 6th of 

 March.* All authorities, both written lives and local tradition, refer 

 his birth and mission to Ireland, whence he set out as a pilgrim, and 

 finally settled at Seckingen. He is often styled Viator, which title is 

 fully borne out by his appearance on the seals and banner ; and the staff 

 on which he is represented as leaning illustrates the passage of his ''Life" 

 which alludes to his position — '' interea fixo in terram sustentationis 

 baculo, ipsique desuper innixus."f 



Mr. Wilde presented, from Lord Parnham, the head of a Galloglass 

 axe, a portion of slate with three circular cavities, and a flat highly co- 

 loured amber bead, found in Tonymore Lake, county of Cavan, in the 

 year 1852. 



The thanks of the Academy were returned to the donor. 



STATED MEETING.— March 16, 1863. 

 The Veey Rev. Chaeles Geaves, D. D., President, in the Chair. 

 The Seceetaey read the following 



EEPOET OF THE COUls^CIL. 



Since our last Eeport was submitted to the Academy, the following 

 papers have been printed in the '' Transactions" : — 



In the department of Science : 



1. Mr. F. J. Poot, ''On the Distribution of Plants in Burren, 



County of Clare." 



2. Dr. Eobert MacDonnell, " On the System of the Lateral Line 



in Eishes." 



And, in Polite Literature : 



Mr. Denis Crofton's "Collation of a MS. of the Bhagavad-Gita." 

 These papers form part of Yol. xxiv. 



* "Acta Sanctorum Hibernige," pp. 479-493. 



t " Vita, auctore BaUhero/' cap. 5, ibid., p. 983 o. 



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