Etruscans, Tyrrhenians or Tuscans. 181 
The names of all the Etruscan Gods given by Varro, have 
roots which are still found in the Latin language as Vertumrus 
Volumnus et Nolumnia et Nurtia &c. This is sufficiently 
accounted for by the number of Etruscan emigrants who set- 
tled in Rome soon after its foundation and the great number 
of other Etruscans, who afterwards removed to Rome 
It may be that the discovery made within a few years past 
of the ancient Egyptian characters and language may be soon 
followed by the discovery of the language of ths Etruscans, 
which would open a rich mine of archelogical lore. 
Ithas already been observed that whilst the Etruscans oc- 
cupied the centre of Italy, kindred tribes speaking the same 
language, inhabited the Rhetian Alps. Aud as some years 
ago there was found ina retired valley of the mountains in 
the neighborhood of Verona, acolony speaking pure Saxon 
German, whom scholars like Maffei and Denina, declared to 
be descendants of the Cimbri who were defeated by Marius, 
it would seem probable that there might still be found in the 
Tyrol, Colonies speaking the Etruscan tongue. 
Latterly there has been a Colony found living in the village 
of Groeden, in the Tyrol, who speak a language the roots of 
which are aitogether different from any known tongue, and 
which has been conjectured to be the Etrascan, It is highly 
probable that this conjecture is true, and if so then it will be 
our lot to have lived to see a discovery but little inferior in 
importance, and certainly as little Jooked for as that of the 
Hyrogliphic: of Egypt. 
Art. 1X.—Noles on the Country in the neigh- 
bourhood of the falls of Montmorency, by 
William Green Esquire. 
ps __ 
The bed of the Saint Lawrence appears to be here com- 
posed of Clay Slate, or of that Rock and Grey wacke alter- 
nating with each other. 
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