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found, from tbe inscriptions upon the plates, that they were 
advertisements, in Irish, of a skipper wanting a cargo to go 
to the Western Islands. They were placards put up to en- 
courage emigration to those islands. 
The Rev. Mr. Trollope remarked that in his own 
county (Lincolnshire) a large bone comb was found in a 
case, with a good deal of ornamentation upon it. There 
was also an inscription, in Danish, to this effect — " Tastig 
makes a good comb." That was the only instance he knew 
of in England of a Danish inscription being found upon 
a Danish comb. He mentioned this to show that it was well 
worth while examining, with a magnifying glass, articles of 
this kind, to see whether there was any inscription. 
The Rev. J. H. Ryland remarked that the " Dagger" 
appeared to him like a spear head, and it looked very modern. 
ON THE LEAD MINING DISTRICTS OF YORKSHIRE. BY 
STEPHEN EDDY, ESQ., OF CARLETON GRANGE, SKIPTON. 
(Abstract of a Paper read before the British Association, at Leeds, 1858, and 
published in their Report.) 
In comparison with the vast coal-fields and ironstone beds 
of Yorkshire, the lead producing districts of this county 
seem trifling ; yet, in consideration of the large population 
dependent upon the mining and manufacture of lead, they 
necessarily claim our attention. 
That lead mines in Yorkshire were prosecuted by the 
Romans, is fully proved by the discovery of two pigs of 
lead near Pateley Bridge, inscribed with the name of the 
Emperor Doraitian, and bearing date a.d. 82 ; but it is 
very probable that they were worked at even a more 
remote period by the ancient Britons. Generally speaking, 
lead mines are situate on rugged and barren elevations ; 
and in this respect the Yorkshire mines are not excep- 
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