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families of antiquity unite in the liistoiy of Italy, as tliey do in that 

 of most historical peoples. 



Spain. — Busiiis is called king of Spain. I believe that the name 

 Hispania, like Ispahan, comes from Heshbon of Moab, and that from 

 Eshban, the Horite son of Dishon, who, as the brother of the wife of 

 Esau, appears late in history. The name Spanius occurs in a list 

 of Egyptian Pharaohs, next to Curudes or Zereth. The Yascones, 

 Basques or Euskara are the descendants of Ashchur; the Tagus, 

 Ategua, Itucci, Tukkis, and many similar geographical terms preserve 

 the memory of Tekoa. The Iberus and ISTavarre may have taken 

 their ancient and modern names from Hephev. Achashtaii named 

 the Astures of Biscay, and is Haitor, the god of the Basques; Carteia, 

 Tartessus and the Turdetani represent Zereth. 



Celts of Gaul, Britain, &c.^' — Ashchur is Esus, the divinity 

 who answers to the Etruscan -^sar. In the British legends, Tegid, 

 the man of the sea, is the Greek Tegeates and the Bible Abi Tekoa. 

 Achuzam is the British Hu or Aeddon, who dwells at Seon, is called 

 Buddwas, is a dragon and Typhon, famous like the Assyrian Hea for 

 drainage, and the husband of Ked, who is also Ceridwen, Ogyrven, 

 Eseye, a mai-e, and Ceres. He has been identified with Thoth or 

 Teutates, who is Hesus and Buddha. As Hercules he is called 

 Maguzan. The Osismii and many other tribes took their names 

 from him. He led the Loegrian tribes, recalling Locrus of Phaeax, 

 from Gafis in the east, which is Ziph. It is needless to say that the 

 rites of Ceres and Bacchus, celebrated in Samothrace and parts of 

 Greece, find exact counterparts in Britain. The Gallic Alesia, like 

 that of Corsica, commemorates Jehaleleel, whose name remained in 

 the British annals as Sisilius, the Kimarus or Kinmarcus who follows 

 him being Zimran. He also named Avilion, the Elysium of the 

 British Celts. Huail and many other mythic names denote the 

 same person. Aganippus, whose name occurs with those of many 

 Ashchurites in the chronicles of Geofirey and others in the greatest 

 confusion, is Anub. Hepher is Afiaraon, a name of the high powers 

 or Cabiri. The British Cunedagius and Dunwallo, with Scottish 

 Kenneths and Donalds, and the Ii'ish Conn, Connor, Cithneal and 



*^ For the Celtic, traditions I refer tlie reader to Da vies' Celtic Researches and British Druids, 

 the Chronicles of GeoflTrey of Monmouth, Neunius, &c. , Keating's Ancient History of Ireland, 

 the writings of General Vallancey, the Black Book of Paisley, Buchanan's History of Scotland, 

 and simUar works. 



