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if we admit such proof, we must also confess that all the Celtic 
tribes of Gaul were not cognate, for Srraso expressly affirms, 
“ that these did not all speak the same language, but that some 
spoke dialects varying a little in form.” 
The inference, on the contrary, ought to be, that they were 
originally of the same race, but changed in some respects by time 
and circumstances. This will appear more probable, if we take 
into consideration that it is impossible for any one acquainted 
with the ancient history, laws, and institutions of the Cumrian 
race, to recognize it in the accounts given by historians of the 
invaders of Italy under Betuovesus. Their blue eyes, red 
hair, and great stature, together with their pastoral rather than 
agricultural habits, are strong proofs that the majority at least 
must have been rather of German than of Celtic origin. But a 
rational account of the various races between the Alps and the 
ocean, the Pyrenees and the Rhine, as recorded by ancient his- 
torians, is as yet a desideratum. The materials are ample, and 
the key for the solution of all difficulties will be found in an ade- 
quate knowledge of the Basque, the Cumrian, the Teutonic, and 
perhaps the Gaelic, which languages alone, previous to the Greek 
settlements and Roman invasion, could have been spoken within 
those limits. It will be sufficient for me, on the present occa- 
sion, to hint, that, in addition to the undoubted Teutonic origin 
of all the Belgian tribes, with the exception of the Menapii and 
Morini, a considerable portion of the territory assigned by Czesar 
to the Celtz or Galli, was possessed by a population semi-Teuto- 
nic in their names, habits, and religion. It appears evident that 
various eruptions of the northern nations into the south, prior 
to that of the Cimbri and Teutones a. c. 110, and of Artovistus 
at a later period, had entirely broken up the whole frame-work of 
society in Gall, and precipitated the several races upon each other. 
E SrraBo.—ijuo-yyruTous ov moles, HAA evious (uixeov Tugarrclloviras rails yrwoons. 
The yraTn aaAaow of Potystus is not, as is well known to every scholar, “ ano- 
ther language,” as it has been inaccurately translated, but a “ variety in dialect.” 
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