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derived from Gaul, occupied the southern and south-eastern 

 coasts ; one, allied to Germany, formed the Caledonian people ; 

 and the third, exemplified by the Silurian*, was compared to 

 the Iberians, and believed to be their descendants. The localities 

 of these tribes are clearly marked, but we are not compelled to 

 suppose them strictly confined to these localities ; doubtless they 

 were much intermingled, as in later times, in the same regions, 

 similar races have been. There is no word in history which 

 defines the relation of the Brigantes to the three types of Tacitus, 

 and there is no doubt all Britain spoke the same language. 



If, without regard to any real or supposed evidence of their 

 national origin, we attempt to class the actual population of 

 Yorkshire into natural groups, we shall find, independent of 

 Irish immigrants, three main types frequently distinct, but as 

 often confused by interchange of elementary features. 



1 . Tall, large-boned, muscular persons ; visage long, angular ; 

 complexion fair, or florid ; eyes blue or gray ; hair light, brown, 

 or reddish. Such persons in all parts of the country form a 

 considerable part of the population. In the North Riding, from 

 the eastern coast to the western mountains, they are plentiful. 

 Blue-eyed families prevail very much about Lincoln. 



2. Person robust; visage oval, full, and rounded; nose often 

 slightly aquiline ; complexion somewhat embrowned, florid ; eyes 

 brown, or gray ; hair brown, or reddish. In the West Riding, 

 especially in the elevated districts, very powerful men have these 

 characters. 



3. Persons of lower stature and smaller proportions ; visage 

 short, rounded ; complexion embrowned ; eyes very dark, elon- 

 gated ; hair very dark. (Such eyes and hair are commonly called 

 black.) Individuals having these characters occur in the lower 

 grounds of Yorkshire, as in the Valley of the Aire below Leeds, 

 in the Vale of the Derwent, and the level regions south of York, 



* " Silurum colorati vultus, et torti plerumque crines, ct posita contra 

 Hispaniam, Iberos veteres trajecisse, casque sedes occupassc, fidem fa- 

 ciunt." Vit. Ayric. 



