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And in making these selections, it will be my object to give spe- 

 cimens, not to accumulate all that can be gathered together. 



The most general Cumrian name for a stream is gwy or wy 

 (Wye), wys (Ouse Isis), and wysk (Esk). The word gwy 1 itself 

 has perished in this island, and is only found in names of rivers, 

 such as Ed-wy, Myn-wy, Onwy, &c. In Italy we find the 



jEsis. 2 

 Bed-Esis. 3 

 Ath-Esis. 4 



yEs-ar-us. 3 

 Nat-Iso. 6 

 Apr-Usa. 7 

 Pad-Usa. 8 



Osa. 9 



Is. 10 



Aus-ar. 11 

 Gal-^sus. 12 

 Ver-Esis, now L'osa in Latium. 



1 " This word and aw, are in the composition of a great many words which relate 

 to fluidity." — Ow. Diet. 



For the sake of the general reader if such should read so far, it should be men- 

 tioned that the Cumrian w is pronounced like the English oo in good, and that the 

 y following it merely iotacizes the oo. 



2 A river in Picenum, now called Fiumesino (Flumen iEsinum). 

 * Not far from Bononia, now called Ronco. 



4 The Adige. Observe the tendency of the v or w to become g, aev-um, Age, &c. 



5 Now Isaro, near Crotona. Ms, water, — ar, mountain. 



6 Now Natisone, not far from Aquileia. 



7 Now Ausa, not far from Ariminum. Wys apparently compounded with aper. 



8 A branch of the Po. Pad-wys, water of the Pad, called by Polybius Padoa. 

 Now called the Po de Primano. 



9 Osa, retains its name, a small river not far from Cosa. 



10 Is, now Issa, between Petilia and Velia. 



11 Ausar, now Serchio, near Pisa?. 



12 The Tarentine stream, so celebrated by poets, now called Galeso. This, 



