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tians. Though mutilation was not practised by the Western 

 Celtae who followed Druidical institutions, the vociferation of 

 the many epithets of Hu, and the spinning dance "in graceful 

 extravagance," according to ToJiesin, was well known to them; 

 they had even the ecstatic visions of the Syrian Galli, perhaps 

 the very same as the Howling Dervishes, who repeat the 

 ninety-nine perfections of Allah, and their brethren, the twirl- 

 ing fanatics of the mosque of Ayoub, who perform the like 

 dances, and fall into similar fits of frenzy and exhaustion. 



A multitude of other coincidences can be traced relating 

 to the highest developed religious system of the Celtce in 

 Western Europe, the more perfect, probably, because, through 

 Phoenician agency, the dogmas of Palestine and Syria had 

 been carried westward rapidly, and more unbroken, by nautical 

 colonists. No doubt an intercourse of consanguinity continued 

 to exist between both, since the Gtilatians had returned east- 

 ward and established themselves a second time in a focus of 

 their ancient possessions, where there were around them inter- 

 minable denominations of places bestowed by their ancestors; 

 and it is likely a proportion of the population still recognized 

 them as relatives. The southern clans, having, in their most 

 early communion with Indo-Arab neighbors, acquired that 

 dialect which might be termed Celto Semitic, probably pos- 

 sessed the most recondite lore of Western Asia, reduced to a 

 homogeneous system. It was that which abounded in Hebrew 

 or Syriac terms : proceeding by sea, it carried the traditions 

 and philosophy of the east to the coasts of Great Britain, 

 destined to be set up first as indigenous; later, to accept 

 numerous grafts from the same quarter, brought by Punic 

 traders ; and, finally, to prepare the west to accept the tidings 

 of the Gospel without that resolute opposition which Greek 

 and Roman civilization so long opposed to Christianity. m he 

 Celto Semitic race is still distinctly marked in Spain, Corn- 

 wall, and Wales, by a more spare make, black curly hair, very 

 dark eyes, and brown complexions, frequently set off with 



