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towards the temples ; the eyes are large and open ; tne nose, in 

 tracing it from the depression at its origin, is nearly straight, or 

 without any marked curvature, and rounded at the extremity ; the 

 chin is also rounded. Lastly, the height is moderate ; which, as 

 Thierry, in his Histoire des Gaulois, first shewed, is an important 

 historical distinction : for whenever the Romans spoke of the gigantic 

 height of the Gauls, they meant their Cymric, and not their Gaelic 

 foes. It was also explained that the moral type of the Gauls 

 differed much from that of the Cymric race. 



In considering the claims of the Gaelic race to be ranked as 

 aboriginal in Britain, the author entered upon two questions, (a) 

 their original sojourning place, and (6) their course of migration. 



(a) The Asiatic cradle of the Gaelic race. — The author, after 

 noticing the suspicion of Baron Larrey, that Arabia was to be thus 

 considered, as well as the various opinions on this subject, advanced 

 by Vallancey, Dr O'Conor, Sir William Betham, and others, was 

 inclined to believe that the primitive Gauls were a polished and 

 civilized people, originally dwelling on the eastern coast of the 

 Mediterranean, who, as maritime adventurers, visited the west of 

 Europe on objects of traffic, particularly for the sake of the precious 

 metals. lie did not consider it as necessary to this opinion, that 

 they should be identified with the Phoenicians, or any other nation 

 equally maritime ; but left this question to be determined by more 

 satisfactory evidence than has hitherto been adduced, resulting fx-om 

 a comparison of physical characters. It was also observed, that the 

 leading physical characters of the Gael, namely, the form of the 

 head and features, appear in the figures of certain sculptured 

 monuments of the very early period of Barneses the Third, which, 

 from a discordancy in other respects, have greatly puzzled both 

 Champollion, and Rosallini. These figures of a civilized people, 

 richly attired, are referred to inhabitants of Canaan or its confines. 



(6) The course of Gaelic migration to the West. — The author was 

 disposed to consider, that evidence of the westerly course of Gaelic 

 migration might probably be found in the commercial settlements 

 which early maritime tribes may have formed on the Mediterranean 

 coasts and islands. He, accordingly, adverted to the remark of 

 Baron Larrey, relative to the identity of the western Arabs with 

 Gaulish races, — to the assertion of Gesenius, that the Numidian 

 language was a pure, or very nearly pure, Hebrew, such as was 

 spoken by the ancient Canaanites or Phoenicians, — and to various 

 Cyclopean structures in Malta, on the African coast, and elsewhere, 



