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THE BRITONS ASSERTED. 255<br />

to fland for <strong>the</strong> whole.—When he fixes lerna<br />

to <strong>the</strong> weflern ifles, Tethys fignifies <strong>the</strong> broken<br />

lea that is crouded with iflaiids, betwixt <strong>the</strong>m<br />

and <strong>the</strong> continent <strong>of</strong> Caledonia. When he<br />

fixes it to <strong>the</strong> weflern Highlands, Tethys imports<br />

only a few bays and lochs. And when<br />

he fixes it at Stra<strong>the</strong>rn and interprets it Caledo-<br />

nia, Tethys mufl obvioufly import <strong>the</strong> Friths <strong>of</strong><br />

Forth and Clyde. — And, to crown all, <strong>the</strong> au-<br />

thor, in his reference to what he hadJhewn be-<br />

fore concerning Tethys, has adually remitted<br />

us, in confirmation <strong>of</strong> a part, to a preceding<br />

paflage <strong>of</strong> his own, that has not Ihewn any<br />

thing, and that diredlly contradids <strong>the</strong> whole<br />

ff it.<br />

P- I33« "To colleft <strong>the</strong> whole argument on<br />

" this head into one point <strong>of</strong> view : <strong>The</strong> Scots<br />

*' <strong>of</strong> Britain lived in a cold climate; <strong>the</strong>ir country<br />

*' was fituated to <strong>the</strong> Weft <strong>of</strong> fuch neighbours,<br />

** as had an immediate communication with <strong>the</strong><br />

** Romans. <strong>The</strong> Irilh lay under <strong>the</strong> fame dif-<br />

•' advantage <strong>of</strong> unfriendly feafons ; and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

*' ifland was fimilarly fituated. <strong>The</strong> hiftorians<br />

*' and poets <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Empire, and <strong>the</strong> Geographers<br />

** <strong>of</strong> Greece and Rome, exaggerated—<strong>the</strong> fevc-<br />

" rity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> climate under which both <strong>the</strong> Scottifli<br />

** nations lived, From an exa6t conformity <strong>of</strong><br />

I<br />

*' GeniuSj

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