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troops alone.'| That these Veneti were of the Cumrian race in 
Britain, there can be no doubt, even the name of the present 
Cumri of North Wales is, if spelt after the Roman manner, 
the same, Gwined,’ Venetia, Gwinedig Veneticus, Gwinedi- 
gion Venetici. The modern latinized form Venedocia and Ve- 
nedocians, are pure barbarisms, for which there is not the slight- 
est analogical support. 
The trade which alone could have enabled the Gallic Veneti 
to have maintained so powerful a navy, was, according to Cmsar, 
carried on with Britain, but assuredly not with that part of Bri- 
tain which he afterwards invaded, as the Britons, with whom he 
came in contact, do not appear to have been acquainted with 
naval affairs, nor to have possessed a vessel larger than a coracle. 
The traffic of the Veneti must have been carried on with their 
kindred tribes in the west of the island, where alone within the his- 
torical period the Cumrian race is found. Upon this important 
question—important I mean as connected with the early history of 
our island—I entirely agree with the learned author of Celtic 
Researches. The Coritani, an invading tribe,’ “ enlarged their 
territories, and comprehended not only the inland regions round 
the wide spreading arms of the Humber, but also much of the 
eastern coast of England.” 
“ When Czsar arrived in Britain, the aborigines were those 
1 Erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut posita in extremis linguis promonto- 
riisque, neque pedibus aditum haberent, quum ex alto se zstus incitavisset, quod 
bis semper accidit horarum xii. spatio; neque navibus, quod, rursus minuenti zstu 
naves in vadis afflictarentur. In utraque re oppidorum oppugnatio impediebatur. 
Ac si quando, magnitudine operis forte superati, extruso mari aggere ac molibus, 
atque his ferme moenibus adzequatis, suis fortunis desperare coeperant ; magno nu- 
mero navium appulso, cujus rei summam habebant facultatem, sua omnia deporta- 
bant, atque se in proxima oppida recipiebant, ubi se rursus iisdem opportunitatibus 
loci defendebant-—Com. Bell. Gall. lib. iii. cap. 12. 
2 See Pugh. Dict. under the words. 
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