230 THE ROMANS. 



Portus must be the mouth of the Lune ; Belisama is the Kibble, 

 in whose vale are Samlesbury and Ribchester ; and Seteia is the 

 estuary of Mersey and Dee. 



On the eastern coast we read in Ptolemy : 



Greek. Latin. Long. Lat. 



OufSpa 7rora/iovKoXai... Vedrse fluv. ostia ......... 20 10' 58 30' 



AOVMC JDofarac ............... Dunum Sinus ............ 20 15 57 30 



raftpavToviKGiv KoXiros ... Gabrantvicorum Sinus ... 21 00 57 00 



OKtXov aKpov ............... Oceli Promontorium ...... 21 15 56 40 



AjSou TTorap-ov (K^oXai ... Abi fluv. ostia ............... 21 00 56 30 



These points are not so chained together by the nature of the 

 coast, as to leave no doubt of their true situation. 

 By universal consent the Humber estuary claims the old 

 name of Abus (A/Sou Trora/jiov e/c/3o\m) . At some point north 

 of this a projecting part of the land was called Ocelum Promon- 

 torium (OK\ov aKpov} . Camden supposed the modern name 

 of Kellnsey, a little north of the Spurn, and the old name Oce- 

 lum, to be derived from the British Y-kill, a promontory, low 

 tongue, or narrow tract of land. But the words of the Greek 

 author imply elevation, really a cape or headland, not a mere 

 extension of land. For aicpov seems to be merely a translation 

 of the British name given before, as that is clearly derived from 

 Uchel, elevated. By later writers, especially Mr. Walker of 

 Malton, the place of this promontory is fixed at Flamborough 

 Head. 



Farther to the north was Gabrantvicorum sinus (Taftpav- 

 rovi/ccav 6 /cat Xeyo/ievo? Ei\t/iej/o9 AcoXTro?, the bay of the 

 Gabrantvici (also called the well-havened Bay). Camden places 

 this at Sewerby (as if that were ' sure-bay ') near Bridlington, 

 leriving the name from Gaffran, the Welsh for goat, an animal 

 which, he says, was abundant at Flamborough. By later writers 

 it is carried farther north to Filey Bay (as if that were the Portus 

 Felix*). Still farther to the north we have Dunum Sinus 



* The following are conjectures on the word Gabrantvic. 1. Is it not a 

 mistake for Brigantvic, there being no other mention of such a tribe as 

 Gabrantvici, while the Brigantes are expressly said to stretch from sea to 



