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

3U T HE GENUINE HISTORY OF
and Gael in the ifland ^—The word Caeldoch,
therefore, is very different from the word Cale-
donia. Derived from the fame root, and carry-
ing the fame power, they are very diftinft
branches. The one is a relative adjective ; the
other is a Noun Subftantive. The one is derived
fi-om Gaeld in the fmgular ; the other is deduced
from Caledon in the plural. And the one is the
fame word with Celticus, and the other with
Galatarum.
I have been thus particular upon the fubjeft,
becaufe it is of fome confequence in itfelf, and
Mr. Macpherfon introduces it with fuch a fond
regard. And I think that I have fully demon-
ftrated his reafonings and etymons to be advanc-
ed, equally in oppofition to the voice of hiftory,
and to the principles of the Celtic language.
P. 49— 50.— " Concerning the internal ftate
" of Caledonia, and the divifion of its inhabi-
** tants into various tribes in a very early period,
* Hiftory of Manchefter, p. 439— 440.—And there is an
additional proof of it, that has never been noticed, in thefe
well-known lines of Lucan, in which the Caledonians arefirft
mentioned in hiftory, and the Britons about Richborough
called Caledonians :
Aut vaga cum Tethys Rutupinaqiie littora fervent,
Unda Cakdooios fallit turbata Britannos.