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who, under the name of Sicani, figured in Eastern Gaul and in 

 Catalonia. Of these nations the lecturer enumerated the several 

 tribes, pointed out their early capital cities and some portions of 

 their history ; of the Veneti in particular, he shewed that they 

 had commercial locations as far north as the Baltic, and west- as 

 the mouth of the Loire. He shewed that the convulsions occasi- 

 oned by the first irruption of the Gallic Celtse had driven a part 

 of this race to seek an asylum among the Cyned or Cynetae, who 

 had left Clans in various parts, and particularly in the Pelopon- 

 esus near ancient Sicyon. The Cynetae of the west were located 

 in the valley of the Loire, Liydau of the Welsh, so named from 

 the river Lly, or Loire, which the later nations transformed into 

 Ligeris. Here, in conjunction with the Ligurians, who appear to 

 have bestowed the name on the river ; and the trading Henyd or 

 Veneti, whose depot was at Vannes in Britanny ; it appears that 

 the ruling clan, named Qldui, formed the project of colonizing 

 Britain, and it is to them the dawn of civilization in these islands 

 is to be ascribed. All these nations may be traced eastward as 

 far as Colchis, and in the time of Herodotus the Cynetae by name 

 were considered as distinct frojn the Celtae ; we know that the 

 Ordovices were of this race, and the swarthy Cymroeg of Wales, 

 the Cornubians, the Milesians of Ireland, as well as the Turdetani 

 and Lusitani may belong to the same stock. 



The lecturer then proceeded to consider the history of the 

 Etruscans, Tursci or Tysenoi, and remarked that this name 

 seemed to be equivalent to the Scandinavian Thyrsen, signifying 

 giants, and that it was also equivalent to the name of Raseni or 

 Resen, applied to the people with whom they were incorporated 

 in Italy ; for that also designated giants, and the huge Pelasgian 

 walls raised about all their early cities are likewise commonly 

 ascribed to the giants. He remarked also that Gorio, in his ob- 

 servations on the Esauites or Edomites, who, according to him, 

 built Alba, Norba and other places in Latin m and Lower Etruria, 

 are by him referred to the red haired Cyclopians or Pelasgians, 

 who left a colony in Peloponesus, from which the Spartans were 

 descended, and these observations shew a curious coincidence 

 with the letter written by the last rnentioned to the Jews, whom 

 they called relatives, as is recorded in Josephus. 



The lecture concluded with some remarks on the origin of the 

 Romans, whose history was not detailed, because the recent work 

 of Niebuhr renders it superfluous. In the next lecture on this 

 subject it was announced that the true Celta? will form the prin- 

 cipal topic of inquiry. 



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