150 THE TEST. 



From all these instances, I think it may be con- 

 cluded that the three names Northampton, South- 

 ampton, and Little Hampton, are either not derived 

 from the Saxon compound Hampton, or, that 

 Hampton is not of Saxon, but of British derivation, 

 and was translated by the Romans into Antona ; 

 that it is probable that the Antona of Tacitus was 

 the Nen ; still more probable that Manantonis v as 

 Little Hampton ; and finally, that it is certain that 

 the Test and South Anton are the same ; that the 

 Trisanton of Ptolemy is the Southampton Water, 

 and that of course it should have been placed by 

 him a little to the westward instead of a little to the 

 eastward of Portus Magnus. 



