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most recondite lore of Western Asia, reduced to an 

 homogeneous system. It was that which abounded in 

 Hebrew or Syriac terms : proceeding by sea, it carried 

 the traditions and philosophy of the east to the coasts 

 of Great Britain, destined to be set up first as indige- 

 nous ; later, to accept numerous grafts from the same 

 quarter, brought by Punic traders ; and, finally, to pre- 

 pare the west to accept the tidings of the Gospel with- 

 out that resolute opposition which Greek and Roman 

 civilization so long opposed to Christianity. The Celto 

 Semitic race is still distinctly marked in Spain, Corn- 

 wall, and Wales, by a more spare make, black curly 

 hair, very dark eyes, and brown complexions, frequent- 

 ly set off with bright red lips. It is a spirited race, 

 gifted with the highest imaginative power, serious, 

 thoughtful, religious, obstinate, attached to its own 

 nationalities, and though in many cases proved to have 

 been a marine people, nowhere really fond of a sea life. 

 Such are the true Cymraeg, the Siluri of Tacitus, 

 abounding in Wales : in Cornwall they are ofttimes 

 named Cadisians, from a legend that their ancestors 

 came from the coast of Spain ; and local names indi- 

 cate the antique presence of Punic and Hebrew colo- 

 nists and mining speculators, who understood the value 

 of the Cornish ores so well, that to the age of King 

 Henry III., Jews still were the parties that farmed the 

 right of stream working and mining from the crown. 

 It is probable, that the Hibernian Coomary, sea-dogs, 

 or seals, likewise connected with legends of Gallican 

 origin, and the so-called Milesians, belong to the same 



