96 



I have here given will show the great similarity between the 

 Sanscrit and the Celtic group of numerals ; and the second will 

 show the remarkable agreement between the Celtic and the 

 numerals of Lakeland. 



These numerals undoubtedly belong to the Welsh or Cymric 

 division of the Celtic, as distinguished from the Gaelic, the Cornish, 

 and the Breton j and it will be observed that the pemdec, i.e. 

 pimp dec, or 5 + 10 of the Old Welsh, is very like the bum fit of 

 our own valleys. The Welsh differs from the other Celtic systems 

 by using un-ar-dec, etc., for 11, etc., and un-ar-pemdec, etc., for 

 16, etc. This connecting particle ar, according to Pugh's Welsh 

 Grammar, means in excess of; so un-ar-dec (ii) really means one 

 in excess of ten, and un-ar-pemdec, means one in excess of 5 + 10 : 

 this will afford us a key for the very easy interpretation of the 

 numerals of Lakeland, in which a is the equivalent of the Welsh 

 ar, in excess of ; and therefore yan-a-dick means one in excess of 

 ten ; and as bumfit very nearly corresponds \^\\.h pemdec, yan-a-bumjit 

 is equivalent to one in excess of 5 + 10, and so on with the rest. 



I have endeavoured in those tables and in those remarks to 

 place before you a summary of what I have been able to gather 

 on this subject ; I must refer you to the Transactions of the Philo- 

 logical Society* for more numerous versions and for more detailed 

 information. 



And in conclusion, •! am glad to have this opportunity to place 

 on record my own deliberate opinion, strengthened by many 

 and frequent enquiries upon the subject, that these numerals are 

 no mere accidental importation, but a genuine relic of the language 

 of the Celtic kingdom of Strathclyde. 



* Transactions of the Philological Society ior 1877-8-9, pp. 316 to 372. 



