518 Rev. Mr Wrx.iams on one Source of the 
which can no more be regarded as historical, than the Eucnrrr 
and Everammvus, the two Corinthian artists, who are supposed 
to have attended Demaratusinto Tuscany. Asa proof that the 
more uncommon form of the Eugubian inscription is a remnant 
of the older Greek, I give the following specimen from the be- 
ginning of one of the tables, with the omission of the first line. 
2. Famerias Pumplerias x11 Atiiriate etre Atierate. 
Clavernie etre Clavernie. Kuriate etre Kuriate. 
. Satane etre Satane. Pieriate etre Pierate. Talenas 
or me 
. Etre Talenate. Museiate etre Museiate. Iviscane 
6. Etre Iviscane. Caselate etre Caselate. Tertie Caselate. 
In this list of communities, or rather of colleges, we see dis- 
tinctly the first and second of the Curiate or Curetes, the first 
and second of the Museiate or Muses, the first and second of the 
Pieriate or Pierides, of which were the constant companions 
of the Orphic priests. The Clavernie, the Satane, and the Ta- 
lenate are also known to me, but would, for an explanation, re- 
quire more time than can be given to them at present. The 
rest of the inscription is nothing more than a long repetition of 
the names and titles of Juvis Pater, upon the same plan as the 
Orphic indigitamenta. For a full explanation of each title, we 
must have recourse to the Sanscrit language. 
Throwing aside, therefore, for the present the consideration of 
the Eugubian Tables, as not furnishing us with a trustworthy 
specimen of the anterior language, I proceed to call other wit- 
nesses, to whom we can safely appeal when a question is raised 
about the identity of language spoken in various countries, the 
names of those eternal monuments (eternal at least as far as hu- 
man testimony can reach), the mountains, vales, and rivers, and 
even cities, which, in all cases where extermination has not pre- 
ceded occupation, preserve the mark impressed upon them by 
the primitive occupiers of the soil. 
Rivers.—And first of the rivers in Umbria, Venetia, or coun- 
tries once occupied by the Umbri and their descendant tribes. 
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