130 THE ABORIGINAL NAMES OF RIVERS 
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other people have done the same thing. Thus, in the north of 
Thus, we know that the little river Yair, in Norfolk, was 
Garienus under the Romans, though it has resumed its original 
or aboriginal name. , Garienus has every appearance of em- 
bodying the Celtic amhainn, river, in the Manx form aon the 
origin of the avons that are found as the names of streams in the 
British Isles. But this addition of amhainn, river, to the primitive 
form gar or yar comes out more plainly in the case of the Garonne, 
in France. Gar amhainn has every appearance of supplying the 
original which Cesar converted into Garumna. But as both of | 
the roots conjoined here belonged to languages foreign to 
Romans, he added to Garumna flumen. Thus, as in Wans 
Water, we have three different roots amalgamated together, mean- 
ing water or river. ow, the point of historical interest is that 
these metamorphic processes form some sort of index to the ml- 
grations or conquests of the people who are concerned in the case. 
Thus, suppose we start with the aboriginal yar or gar, for the 
water, the river, then yar amhainn indicates the advent and 
settlement of the Celtic race. Then the farther development into 
Garumna flumen is a remnant of the invasion of Gaul by the 
Romans. also the Garonne Fleuve of the French maps o 
the present day is an index to the important changes which have 
taken place since the subversion of the Roman Empire. Now, on 
the same general principle, the time may come when such @ Cor 
bination of roots as appears in Yeer cumban kauwe may enable 
some Australian investigator to trace the course of migration of 
the Australian tribes, at least in that part of the island continent. 
TASMANIA. 
ceed with caution as regards the Gazetteer ; for, such names as 
Illawarra and Parramatta, and a number of really aboriginal 
names, have been imported by the white settlers from the Au 
tralian mainland. As we consult the vocabularies, the ™ 
prominent root for water appears in the forms of / and In. 
tea, river or lake ; liah le, ocean; lileah, water. In compO™ 
words and terms bringing in words associated with water, there — 
