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foregoing cut ; it has a broad thick hem running along the edge ; in 

 colour it is nearly of a tint with the two preceding patterns. 



Somewhat like No. 2, is a beautiful soft fragment, with a diaper 

 twill, and of a light warm colour, partaking of a shade of orange. It 

 probably formed a part of the cloak or mantle. Of the same colour, but 

 of a light serge texture, there is a small fragment of woollen stuff still 

 remaining ; likewise some portion of cording, apparently used in tieing 

 or confining the dress. 



The two remaining articles are of extreme interest. One of these, 

 No. 5, is evidently a fragment of alight gauzy woollen veil, of the most 

 delicate texture, and which it was believed 

 by Lady Moira was of a greenish colour 

 when first brought to light. The other, 

 No. 6, is a piece of very closely woven hard 

 firm thick mohair camlet of hair, not wool, 

 and having on its outer surface rows of ele- 

 vations, from each knob of which depended 

 a small black tab, so that originally the cloth 

 must have presented an ermine appearance. 

 The colour is now a reddish-brown, but the 

 remains of the tabs are quite black. This 

 may have been part of the tunic. Even 

 during the present century ladies' cloaks, 

 tippets, and pellerines, and gentlemen's dressing gowns, were ornamented 

 with ermine-like appendages of this nature. 



The Rev. Samuel Hattghton, M. D., E. B.S., Fellow of Trinity 

 College, Dublin, read a paper — 



On an Appeoxlmate Method, founded on Obseevation, of Deteemin- 

 ingt the Daily Exceetion of Ueea in Health and Disease. 



The researches of chemists and physiologists, in recent times, have 

 demonstrated that all the nitrogen received by the body in food is eli- 

 minated by the kidneys ; and that the supposition that the skin or lungs 

 contribute, except in very small proportions, to this elimination, is erro- 

 neous. This important fact, based upon very accurate experiments, 

 would seem to render more necessary than it is considered usually to be 

 the determination of the amount of Urea excreted in health and dis- 

 ease. 



To find the Urea in a given liquid, requires a combination of qu 

 lities and circumstances that can only rarely occur to the practic 

 physician. 



1 . He must be a good chemist. 



2. He must have a chemical laboratory at his disposal. 



3. He must have thirty-five minutes to spare on each case in which 

 he determines the Urea by Liebig's nitrate of mercury process. 



