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were alfo to be that of the refearches of Man- 

 kind. Cephas, who neglefted no opportunity of 

 recalling men to a fenfe of juftice, and of ren- 

 dering homage to the memory of heroes, faid to 

 them : " I have always heard it faid, that the an- 

 " cients ought to be refpefted. The inventors 

 ** of a fcience are the moft worthy of commen- 

 " dation, becaufe they open the career to other 

 ** men. It is lefs difficult afterwards for thofe 

 *' who follow them to extend their progrefs. A 

 *' child, mounted on the (boulders of a tall man, 

 " fees farther than the perfon who fupports him.'* 

 Cephas^ however, fpoke to them without effeâ: j 

 they would not deign to render the flighteft ho- 

 mage to the fon of Alcmena. As for ourfelves, we 

 revered the very fhores of Spain, where he had 

 killed the three-bodied Geryon. We crowned our 

 heads with branches of poplar, and, in honour 

 of him, poured out fome wine of Thafos on the 

 waves. 



We foon difcovered the profound and verdant 

 forefts which cover Celtic Gaul. It was a fon 

 of Hercules, called Galate, who gave to it's inha- 

 bitants the fir-name of Galatians, or Gauls. His 

 mother, the daughter of one of the Kings of 

 Celtes, was of a prodigious ftature. She fcorned, 

 to take a hufband from among her father's fub- 

 jeds ; but when Hercules palled jhrough Gaul, 



after 



