The genuine history of the Britons asserted against Mr. Macpherson ...

THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 117
it upon the jflrength of a quotation, of which he
has italicifed the principal words ; when that
very quotation, and thofe very Words, do in the
fulleft manner confine the Belgce to the foinhern
Ihore. This is furely a very extraordinary fpecimen
of inattention and inaccuracy.
P. 48—49. " It was, perhaps, after theBel-
'^ gic invafion of the Southern Britain, that the
** Gael of the Northern divifion formed them-
*' felves into a regular community, to repel the
" incroachment of the Cimbri upon their terri-
** tories. To the country which they themfelves
" poffefled they gave the name of CAELDOCH,
'* which is the only appellation the Scots, who
" fpeak the Galic language, know for their own
« divifion of Britain. CAELDOCH is a com-
** pound made up of Gael or Gael, the firfl colo-
** ny of the antient Gauls who tranfmigrated into
" Britain, and DOCH, a diftrift or divifion of a
" country. The Romans, by tranfpofing the let-
** terLin Gael, and by foftening into a Latin ter-
** mination the ch of DOCH, formed the well-
** known name of Caledonia. Obvious as this
** Etymon of Caledonia appears, it w^as but very
** lately difcovered. (This Etymon firft occurred
*' to the author of this Effay, and he communi-
^' cated it to Dr. Macpherfon, who adopted it
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