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the bury or hill-fort of Solis, the ancient fortified town 

 of the Keltic and Euskarian natives ; and when, long 

 ages afterwards, the Romans planted their station in 

 the valley below, they naturally called the hot springs 



Fig. 13.— Hairy Wood-spurge (Euphorbia pilosa). 



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which they found therie by the name of Aquae Solis; 

 andequally naturally misinterpreted the second word 

 (really a native term, Suli?) as the genitive of Sol, and 

 accordingly dedicated their great tennple on the spot 



