THE IJOYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

277 the Norwegian Arcl geological Society's Juiimal for 187H, No. 3, plate 1, It woulil seem as if this raised central hoop was found in weiiring to be inconvenient. Tlierc is a reproduction (from the Messrs. Waterhouse, jewellei-s, Dublin) iutiic South Kensington Musoum of an ancient broocli, 3^X/^ _'. — Nil. 1. " Hing-niouey" brooch. No. 2. The '■ Moor brooch." Xo. 3. Brooch in the Berlin Museiun. known as the "Moor brooch," which I think illustrates the change, No. 2. It is simply this form of ring money or fibula flattened, and it is remark- able that tins identical form is in use at the jirosent da^' among tlie jieojde of Thil)et. There is such a brooch, through the kindness of Mr. William Taylor, exhibited in the South Kensington Muf-einn, and I have seen many others : Mr. Taylor's is just twice the size of the Moor brooch. The ring-formed fibula, with the bulb ends, is well developed in all the so-called arbutus-berry i)attorn brooches, and attained i)erfection in the exquisite specimen preserved in the lloyal Museum, Copenhagen. It is figured in Professor W(n-saae's catalogue of the lloyal Museum, No. 410. The lialls or bulb ends are partially ilattened and ornamented in niello.