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XXXII. An Account of fome ancient 'Trumpets , 
and other Pieces of Antiquity , found in the County 
of Tyrone in Ireland. In a Letter from 
Francis Nevill, Efq 3 to the ^ ighl Reverend 
the Lord 'Bijhop of Clogher, F. R. S. 
Belturbet, Decemb. 29. 1712. 
My LORD , 
I N my I aft I gave your Lordfhip an Account of 
fome Urns found in different places in the North, 
which came to ray view fince I have had Refidence in 
it. I promifed then to fend your Lordftiip a Sketch of 
fome Trumpets found in the lower Barony of Dungan- 
non, in the County of Tyrone , about feven Years ago : 
There were eight of them found together, four of one 
Make, and four of another 5 two of which I have now 
by me, the Draughts of which I here fend, as reprefent- 
ed in fig 2. and fig. 3. They are of caff Brafs, of the 
thicknefs of an Englifh Half-Crown. 
Tab. VI. Fig. 2-. is 24 Inches long, according to the Turn or 
Arch it makes, and is 3 Inches in Diameter at the large 
End, and at the fmall End it is folid for about two In- 
ches, with a Loop at top to hang it by, and another 
Loop between the folid part and the Mouth-piece. The 
Mouth-piece is Oval, 5 Inches from the folid End, cne 
Inch and three quarters long, and one Inch wide : The 
fides thereof are fmooth, round, and even, eafy for the 
Lips of a Man, but will not admit of any found by 
Blaft as a Horn doth, but by the articulate Voice of toot- 
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