The shape of the Irish _pagan_ bells was precisely the same as of those in the present day. They were called crotals, or bell-cymbals. Oblong _square_ ones, some of bell-metal, some of iron, from twelve inches to eighteen inches high, with a handle to sound them by, have been also dug up in our various bogs. Of these the museum of the Dublin Society possesses one; another is preserved by the Moira family. The writer of this article not having seen either of these relics, is rather diffident in the conjecture which he is now about to express; but from the account received of that in the possession of the house of Moira, he feels strongly disposed to identify its origin with the worship of the above-mentioned deity, Astarte. Lucian expressly tells us that under the veil of this goddess was really meant the _moon_; and that “the host of heaven,”--including sun, moon, and stars, and typifying the fulgor of that Omniscient germ whence they all had emanated,--constituted the object of the ancient Irish adoration, no one, I believe, can longer question. Now, in Hall’s _Tour through Ireland_, 1813, I see this bell described as having “a hole in one of its sides like a quarterly moon”; and not knowing whether this is the effect of accident or corrosion, or a symbolical property in its original shape, I trust I shall not be deemed fanciful if I ascribe it as a reference to that planet in whose vain solemnities it had been primarily exercised. Whether this exposition prove eccentrical or otherwise, and, by inspection, it can be readily ascertained, I cannot presume to determine; nor indeed does it value much.[205] With one thing, however, I am gratified, that in Archer’s _Travels in Upper India_, published, as before observed, within the last few weeks, I find that distinguished soldier and shrewd observer, delineate a piece of architecture similar in all particulars to this Syrian Priap--the allusion to which has recalled me to ring this second chime upon the bells--and as the notice is of value, I shall give it in his express words: “A curious structure,” says he, “is at the bottom of the hill (Dutteah). It consists of five _conical pillars_, with green painted tops, in a line from east to west; the two larger ones in the centre: the _pillars_ have _tiles stuck in them resembling steps_. We could not learn what was its meaning or use. The village is wholly _Jain_, and is named Serrowlee.”