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18 Derivation of the Words Celie, Cumbri, or Cumbri, Ke. [Feb.t, 
sion of Mr, Malthus on the question of 
War, and of the Bishop of Landaff, in 
reply to Payne. I apprehend that there 
is less vice in a line-of-battle ship than a 
manufactory; and if 150,000 persons are 
at once thrown out of employ, burglaries, 
&c. may be expected: I have seen num- 
bers of invalided soldiers, improved cha- 
racters. As to Britanicus, who, in his 
heavy, dry, obtuse basting, has railed at 
ine, and contradicted all the great wri- 
ters on law ‘dnd_ political, economy, 
thouch I put my name, and wrote with 
temper and good intention, he will of 
course sing out, 
Rule Britania, Britazia rule the waves, 
For Brions never shall’ be slaves. 
(I presume he will leave out a ¢, because 
he has left out an 2,) which I shall ap- 
plaud greatly with Shakespeare’s owl, 
echoing ‘ 
Tu-whit, tu-whoo, a merry note ; 
a degree of spirits, at which this hard- 
working writer will be surprised. 
T. D. Foszrooxe. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Mugazine. 
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HERE present you with a subject 
of some importance to all Europe, 
and to the history sof the world. 1 send 
it without comparing its contents with 
the properties of things relating to it, I 
must acknowledge, that in my first at- 
tempting the following investigation, I 
had some apprehensions of failure, from 
the consideration of the unsuccessful 
labours of the learned of every age, on 
the samesubject. But when I reflected, 
that, of the import of old names, scarcely 
one in five hundred had been rightly 
rendered; and that among the attenipts 
of the learned, the names which have 
been explained in your Magazine had 
been as much mistaken as to import, 
as the names Celle and Cymbri: when, 
in fine, Ihave abundantly shewn, that 
the meaning of old names is no mys- 
tery; that they were contrived in a 
very early age of the world, and formed 
with great art, whilst mankind used_ the 
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_ fame terms for the same features of 
Nature; and that at this day these terms, 
or their roots, are to be found in the 
Celtic language: I say, when | consi- 
dered these things, | saw no more reason 
for relinguishing my enquiries on the 
words Celieand Cymbr?,thanI had during 
my investigation of the word Caledonii, 
who were the ancient Highlanders; but 
of whom learned men had been as much 
mistaken, as they now are concerning. 
the,Celte and the Cimbri. 
“ The best author on the subject of 
the Celtes,” says General Vallancey, ‘is 
Monsieur Brigande, who, in 1762, pubs. 
lished a small pamphlet, addressed to 
the learned academies of Europe, under 
the title of Dissertation sur les Celtes 
Brigantes; printed at Breghente dans le. 
Tirol.” ; 
The following letter is.also on'the Cel- 
tes, which I address to those who wilk 
carefully examine the subject. , 
It is granted by historians, that fathers, 
aud heads of families, were the first 
sovereigns, and that the patriarchal was 
the most ancient form of government. 
Hence mankind must - have originally 
migrated in families; and time and ne- 
cessity only, from the great nunrber of 
these, formed nations. The first inha- 
bitants coming in families, brought no 
national name}; nor, were any denomi- 
nations first given to places, but such as 
their naturai situations implied. In 
time, however, tribes became numerous, 
and more general communication with 
each other berame necessary; and now 
denominations of villages and districts 
were regulated, and more distinct appel- 
lations were given them. 
In Britain there were few inland pro- 
vinces, and the maritime districts took 
synonymous names, expressive of their 
situations on the sea, in the same man- 
ner as towns on streams, from the water 
which flowed by them. But provinees 
in kingdoms took also names from their 
hills, frem streams, and other features ; 
and, as lands were to be portioned and 
distinguished by names, for knowing one 
part from another, so also would the 
different districts of kingdoms be dis-. 
tinguished, in which these portions were 
situated. Iience then were kingdoms. 
very early. divided into. portions, and 
soon after into provinces. But king 
doms were not only divided thus, but 
continents must also have been thus di- 
vided into nations and kingdoms: anid, as 
to the people of provinces would be given 
a provincial name, so also to the inbabi- 
tants ef kingdoms would be given a 
national name, corresponding with their 
natural boundaries and situations. 
These principles, Mr. Editor, cannot.. 
reasonably be controyerted. The word, 
Celtes has been supposed to be a name 
given in the earliest ages to the descend= — 
ants of Gomer ; and it hath always been 
understood that his progeny peopled , 
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