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Ulysses

uram Lipoti Virag, late of Messrs Alexander Thom’s,
printers to His Majesty, on the occasion of his departure
for the distant clime of Szazharminczbrojugulyas-Dugulas
(Meadow of Murmuring Waters). The ceremony which

went off with great éclat was characterised by the most
affecting cordiality. An illuminated scroll of ancient Irish
vellum, the work of Irish artists, was presented to the
distinguished phenomenologist on behalf of a large section
of the community and was accompanied by the gift of a
silver casket, tastefully executed in the style of ancient
Celtic ornament, a work which reflects every credit on the
makers, Messrs Jacob agus Jacob. The departing guest was
the recipient of a hearty ovation, many of those who were
present being visibly moved when the select orchestra of
Irish pipes struck up the wellknown strains of Come back to
Erin, followed immediately by Rakoczsy’s March. Tarbarrels
and bonfires were lighted along the coastline of the four
seas on the summits of the Hill of Howth, Three Rock
Mountain, Sugarloaf, Bray Head, the mountains of
Mourne, the Galtees, the Ox and Donegal and Sperrin
peaks, the Nagles and the Bograghs, the Connemara hills,
the reeks of M Gillicuddy, Slieve Aughty, Slieve Bernagh
and Slieve Bloom. Amid cheers that rent the welkin,
responded to by answering cheers from a big muster of

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