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F.R.A.S., and desires to record its high appreciation of his 
services as one of the Honorary Secretaries and as a member 
of the Council of the Society for many years ; and that this 
expression of condolence on their sudden and painful bereave- 
ment be conveyed to Mr. Jones’s widow and family.” 
Mr. Binney brought before the Society some Lithographs 
of Brooches and Ornaments. 
Mr. F. M. Jennings, M.R.I.A., F.G.S., some time since, 
travelled in Morocco. Whilst there he collected a series of 
brooches and ornaments in common use in that country. 
These are very similar in form to specimens of ancient Irish 
brooches and ornaments now in the Museum of the Royal 
Irish Academy, and are, in the opinion of the Author, another 
evidence of the trade anciently existing between the Phoeni- 
cians, their Colonies, and Ireland. The drawings exhibited 
shew the African and Irish ornaments. On shewing these 
drawings to Mr. Charles James Julote, a Manchester gentle- 
man, who has resided in Morocco, he says, the brooches seen 
by Mr. Jennings in Morocco, and ornaments with similar 
designs, are not uncommon in Algeria and Morocco. They 
are made by Moorish and Jewish workmen. All the designs 
I have seen in those countries, which are acknowledged as 
Moorish^ have reference to some geometrical figure. Then, 
in the designs which may be considered Christian, some have 
waving lines with branches, others have reference to the Cross, 
like Fig. 1 of Mr. Jennings’s drawings. These designs may 
be traced to Christian workmen ( Spaniards, Portuguese, 
Italians, and Maltese) who have, from time immemorial, 
occasionally resided in these countries; indeed, many of them 
have adopted the manners and religion. 
The people of Susa consider themselves a distinct nation, 
have a distinct language, which I have heard somewhat 
resembles the Irish. They used to keep up an intimate 
relation with the Canary Islands. They say their religion is 
