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the Belendi\ and then the Pyrena?an range. Below these 

 are the Monesi '\ the Oscidates^ a mountain race, the Sibyl- 

 lates*, the Camponi*, the Bercoreates^, the Pindediiniii^, 

 the Lassunni^, the Vellates^, theTomates^", the Consoranni'^ 

 the Ausci'", the Elusates^^, the Sottiates^^, the Oscidates 

 Campestres^% the Succasses^^, the Tarusates'^, the Basabo- 

 eates'^, the Yassei^^, the Sennates, and the Cambolectri Ages- 

 sinates-". Joining up to the Pictones are the Bituriges*\ a 



^ They occupied the southern part of the department of the Gironde. 



2 From them Ilardouin suggests that Moneins, in the department of 

 the Basses Pyrenees, takes its name. 



3 D'Anyille is of opinion that they inliabited and gave name to the 

 Yallee d'Ossim, between the Pyrenees and the city of Oleron in the 

 department of the Basses P^Tenees. 



■* D'Anville places them in the Yallee de Soule, in the department of 

 the Basses Pyrenees. 



* From tliem Campon, a place in the department of the Hautes 

 Pyrenees, is supposed to have received its name. 



^ Biscarosse, not far from Tete de Buch in the department of the 

 Landes, is supposed to derive its name from tliis tribe. 



7 Nothing whatever is known of them. 



^ The more general reading is " Sassumini." Ansart suggests that 

 the town of Sariimi, between Cognac and Perigueux, in the department 

 of the Dordogne, may have received its name from them. 



^ Ansart suggests thatRieumes,inthe department of tlieHaute Garonne 

 occupies the site of Ryesium, their chief town, mentioned by Ptolemy. 



^° They are supposed to have given name to ToiUTiay, m the depart 

 ment of the Ilautes Pyrenees. 



^^ Supposed to be the same as the Consuarini, mentioned in B. iii. c. 5 



^2 They probably gave name to Audi, in the department of Gers. 



^3 Their cliief town occupied the site of Fuse or Eause, m the depart 

 ment of Gers. 



^* Their locahty is marked by Soz, in the department of the Lot-ct 

 Garonne. 



15 Qj. « Oscidates of the Plains." They probably gave name to Ossun 

 two miles from Tarbes, in the department of the Ilautes Pyreiic'os. 



^^ From them the village of Cestas, three leagues from Bordeaux, in 

 the department of the Gironde, is supposed to derive its name. 



^'^ The village of Tursan, in the department of the Landes, probably 

 derived its name from this tribe. 



18 Their town was Cossio, afterwards Vasates, now Bazas, in tlie de- 

 partment of the Gironde. 



ly The site of the Yassei and the Sennates appears to be unknown. 



^ D'Anville is of opinion that this tribe gave name to Aisenay or 

 Azenay, a village four leagues distant from Bourbon-Ycndee, in the 

 department of La Yendee. 



^1 They occupied the district formerly known as Berry, but now the 



