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than all, Nerigoa, from which persons embark for Thule. 

 At one day's sail from Thule is the frozen ocean, which by 

 some is called the Cronian Sea. 



CHAP. 31. (17.) — GALLIA BELGICA. 



The whole of Gaul that is comprehended under the one 

 general name of Comata^, is divided into three races of 

 people, which are more especially kept distinct from each 

 other by the following rivers. From the Scaldis to the Se- 

 quana^ it is Belgic Gaul ; from the Sequana to the Garumna' 

 it is Celtic Gaul or Lugdunensis'* ; and from the Garumna 

 to the promontory of the Pyrensean range it is Aquitanian 

 Gaul, formerly called Aremorica*. Agrippa makes the en- 

 tire length of the coast of Gaul to be 1800 miles, mea- 

 sured from the Ehine to the Pyrenees: and its length, 

 from the ocean to the mountains of Gehenna and Jura, 

 excluding therefrom Gallia Narbonensis, he computes at 

 420 miles, the breadth being 318. 



Beginning at the Scaldis, the parts beyond* are inhabited 

 by the Toxandri, who are divided into various peoples with 

 many names ; after whom come the Menapii', the Morini*, 

 the Oromarsaci^, who are adjacent to the burgh which is 

 known as Gesoriacum'", theBritarmi", the Ambiani^^, theBel- 



g09, the island of Lewis, the northern promontory of which is in the old 

 maps designated by the name of Nary or Nery. Ptolemy makes men- 

 tion of an island called Doumna in the vicinity of the Crcades. 



^ Transalpine Gaul, with the exception of that part of it called Nar- 

 bonensis, was called Gallia Comata, from the custom of the people 

 allowing their hair to grow to a great length. 



2 From the Scheldt to the Seine. ' From the Seine to the Gkronne. 



■* LyoneseGaul, fromLugdimum, the ancient name of the city of Lyons. 



* Said by Camden to be derived from the Celtic words Ar • mor, " by 

 the Sea." ^ The provinces of Antwerp and North Brabant. 



7 Inhabiting Western Flanders. 



8 So called, it is supposed, from the Celtic word Mor, which means 

 "the sea." Terouane and Boulogne are supposed to occupy the site of 

 their towns, situate in the modem Pas de Calais. 



^ D' AnviUe places them between Calais and GraveUines, in the Pas de 

 Calais, and on the spot now known as the Terre de Marck or Merk. 



^'^ Boulogne, previously mentioned. 



^^ Cluver thinks that "Brianni" would be the correct reading here ; bu* 

 D'Anville places the Britanni on the southern bank of the stream called 

 La Canche in the Pas de Calais. 



^" According to Parisot and Ansart they occupied the department of 

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