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time out of mind, which term hath been before 

 explained ; and if my observations and autho- 

 rities may be a little tedious to some of my 

 readers, yet to the antiquarian they may 

 afford amusement ; and although some of those 

 authorities may not be considered as legal 

 proofs, yet they may carry conviction to the 

 mind of every one, except those who are pre- 

 determined not to be convinced. 



Caesar in his Commentaries (book v. cap. 

 xi.) says " the territories of Cassibellanus, 

 were divided from the maritime states by 

 a river called the Thames," and tells us 

 " that he forded it at the only place it was 

 fordable in his (Cassibellanus's) kingdom ;" 

 (book v. c. xiv.J which the author of the 

 pamphlet before alluded to, supposes to have 

 been at Harleyford, because it is the lowest 

 place on the Thames with the termination of 

 " ford."* 



The Thames is well known to have been 

 the division in the Saxon heptarchy, between 



* Did the author mean that in a geographical point of view 

 it was the lowest on the river ; or to allude to the small depth 

 of water at Harleyford, and fordable on that account? If the 

 latter, I should rather think he was mistaken ; for whatever 



