518 Rev. Mr Williams on one Source of the 



which can no more be regarded as historical, than the Eucheik 

 and Eugrammus, the two Corinthian artists, who are supposed 

 to have attended Demaratus into Tuscany. As a proof that the 

 more uncommon form of the Eugubian inscription is a remnant 

 of the older Greek, I give the following specimen from the be- 

 ginning of one of the tables, with the omission of the first line. 



2. Famerias Pumplerias xn Atiiriate etre Atierate. 



3. Clavernie etre Clavernie. Kuriate etre Kuriate. 



4. Satane etre Satane. Pieriate etre Pierate. Talenas 



5. Etre Talenate. Museiate etre Museiate. Iviscane 



6. Etre Iviscane. Caselate etre Caselate. Tertie Caselate. 



In this list of communities, or rather of colleges, we see dis- 

 tinctly the first and second of the Curiate or Curetes, the first 

 and second of the Museiate or Muses, the first and second of the 

 Pieriate or Pierides, of which were the constant companions 

 of the Orphic priests. The Clavernie, the Satane, and the Ta- 

 lenate are also known to me, but would, for an explanation, re- 

 quire more time than can be given to them at present. The 

 rest of the inscription is nothing more than a long repetition of 

 the names and titles of Juvis Pater, upon the same plan as the 

 Orphic indigitamenta. For a full explanation of each title, we 

 must have recourse to the Sanscrit language. 



Throwing aside, therefore, for the present the consideration of 

 the Eugubian Tables, as not furnishing us with a trustworthy 

 specimen of the anterior language, I proceed to call other wit- 

 nesses, to whom we can safely appeal when a question is raised 

 about the identity of language spoken in various countries, the 

 names of those eternal monuments (eternal at least as far as hu- 

 man testimony can reach), the mountains, vales, and rivers, and 

 even cities, which, in all cases where extermination has not pre- 

 ceded occupation, preserve the mark impressed upon them by 

 the primitive occupiers of the soil. 



Rivers. — And first of the rivers in Umbria, Venetia, or coun- 

 tries once occupied by the Umbri and their descendant tribes. 



