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" remains of ancient dialects. From Csesar we learn that the 

 " portion of Britain, South of a line drawn from the Thames 

 " to the Severn was occupied hy Belgic trihes from the con- 

 " tinent. Dr. Pritchard has proved from various passages 

 " in history that the language of the Belgse differed hut 

 " slightly from that of the Celtic Gauls, and he has shown 

 " by comparison, that the names of places and towns 

 " are Celtic, and resemble each other in Gaul — Belgic as 

 " well as Celtic, — in Spain, Noricum, Pannonia, and in the 

 " parts of Britain inhabited by the Aborigines as well as 

 " those occupied by the Belgic tribes." 



With regard to the origin of the Irish Celts or Gael, 

 Dr. Pritchard thinks that one of two suppositions must 

 be adopted : that the Gael were an earlier wave of popu- 

 lation, which passed over Britain before it was occupied by 

 the proper British race : or that the Gaelic and Welsh 

 being descendants of the same stock, the diversity origin- 

 ated subsequent to the colonization of Britain and Ireland. 

 He considers it most probable that the Irish Celts were a 

 peculiar tribe, distinguished from the British and Gaulish 

 Celts before they left the East ; and that they either 

 arrived in the West of Europe and passed over Britain, 

 before the Welsh, or made their way into Ireland through 

 Spain, and across the Bay of Biscay. 



" The physical characters of the Germans, another 

 " branch of the Indo-European group, were lofty stature, 

 " yellow or rather red hair, and blue eyes, with a fair com- 

 " plexion. How they lost these characters as distinguishing 

 " traits, and became assimilated to the other nations of 

 " Northern Europe is a question that cannot be speedily 

 " answered. One remark occurs to be made on this subject, 

 " which is, that the climate and physical condition of 

 " Germany have been assimilated in a nearly equal degree 

 " to those of the neighbouring countries." 



The other races of Europe, which form part of the Indo- 



