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troops alone. 1 That these Veneti were of the Cumrian race in 

 Britain, there can be no doubt, even the name of the present 

 Cumri of North Wales is, if spelt after the Roman manner, 

 the same, Gwined, 2 Venetia, Gwinedig Veneticus, Gwinedi- 

 gion Venetici. The modern latinized form Venedocia and Ve- 

 nedocians, are pure barbarisms, for which there is not the slight- 

 est analogical support. 



The trade which alone could have enabled the Gallic Veneti 

 to have maintained so powerful a navy, was, according to Caesar, 

 carried on with Britain, but assuredly not with that part of Bri- 

 tain which he afterwards invaded, as the Britons, with whom he 

 came in contact, do not appear to have been acquainted with 

 naval affairs, nor to have possessed a vessel larger than a coracle. 

 The traffic of the Veneti must have been carried on with their 

 kindred tribes in the west of the island, where alone within the his- 

 torical period the Cumrian race is found. Upon this important 

 question — important I mean as connected with the early history of 

 our island — I entirely agree with the learned author of Celtic 

 Researches. The Coritani, an invading tribe, " enlarged their 

 territories, and comprehended not only the inland regions round 

 the wide spreading arms of the Humber, but also much of the 

 eastern coast of England." 



" When Cesar arrived in Britain, the aborigines were those 



1 Erant ejusmodi fere situs oppidorum, ut posita in extremis linguis promonto- 

 riisque, neque pedibus aditum haberent, quum ex alto se aestus incitavisset, quod 

 bis semper accidit horarum xii. spatio ; neque navibus, quod, rursus minuenti aestu 

 naves in vadis afflictarentur. In utraque re oppidorum oppugnatio impediebatur. 

 Ac si quando, magnitudine operis forte superati, extruso mari aggere ac molibus, 

 atque his ferme moenibus adaequatis, suis fortunis desperare cceperant ; magno nu- 

 niero navium appulso, cujus rei summam habebant facultatem, sua omnia deporta- 

 bant, atque se in proxima oppida recipiebant, ubi se rursus iisdem opportunitatibus 

 loci defendebant — Com. Bell. Gall. lib. iii. cap. 12. 



2 See Pugh. Diet, under the words. 

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