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

20 THE GENUINE HISTORY OF
was originally the fame with Gael, and the pa*
rent of it. But this is not all. The quiefcent
letters in Britifti are frequently transferred from
the middle to the conclufion of the word, where
they are no longer quiefcent ; and, as Needle is
popularly changed into Neeld in Lancafhire, and
Kathair formed into Garth and Garth, foGathel
is changed into Galath, Galat, Gait, and Celt.
And we fee the faft direftly exemplified, in the
Gael of the Continent being univerfally denomi-
nated Galatce and Celtce by the Graecians, and
Gallt and Gallta by the Irifli. The appellations
therefore of Gathel-i, Gall-i, Galat-as, Calet-es,
An-Calit-es, and Celt-as, are all one and the
fame denomination, only varied by the aftonifhing
du6lility of the Celtic, and only difguifed by
the alterations ever incident to a language that
has been merely oral for ages \
P. 8— 9. In confequence of the Phocsean fettleraent
at Marfeilles, " Spain, Italy,—and the Bri-
*' tilh Ifles were filled with colonies from Gaul, m
** whom the old inhabitants, if they differed ori-
" ginally from the Gael, were loft.'*
And In p. 26, where the fame fubje£l: Is retouched,
Mr. Macpherfon fpeaks thus.— " The
*' ymbri, who were the moft ancient inhabitants
' See Hiitoiy of Majichefter, p. 437—439,
2 . "
of