of traditions

Gemara, a compliment

or addition in correspondence with an

original

tions

Comaradh, pronounced Camara, the

agreement or correspondence in the composition of writings only

Talmud, the traditions Tuil-mead, the improved augmen

Cabbala, the recep- Gabailta, received, taken, or accepted

To all which let me add that our writers of ancient days, when a sentence or verse ended in the middle of a line denoted the termination thereof by two stops, thus ()

Was I not apprehensive of drawing the catalogue to a length tiresome, unsuitable to a treatise of this kind, I could have extended it to a moiety of the vocabulary; but it is to be hoped that the specimen here given will suffice, more particularly as it embraces so great a variety of terms.

It may be thought that the difficuly would be insurmountable of drawing a just conclusion of the sameness of these two dialects of the Scythian tongue, because of the Hebrews not using vowels, and the danger of substituting the sound of one vowel for that of another, but in all the instances I have adduced, the identity of language is manifested by the same words being accurately descriptive of persons, places, situations, qualities, and even technicalities, had the variance being tenfold greater than it is, it might reasonably be accounted for by time, and a multitude of circumstances which that great transformer, nay consumer, seldom fails to produce.

Should you be desirous to become acquainted with the history of the Hebrew writings, and the explanation of the various traditions, readings, and the terms applied thereto, and to the expounders thereof, I beg leave to refer you to the 5th book of the 1st part of Prideaux's Connection, where you will find the whole inade perfectly clear and satisfactory,

SECTION IV.

Taking our departure from Palestine, let us move to Armenia, whither Noe fled from Magh-seanar; before we enter these parts, I must notice that Colchis received an Egyptian colony a thousand years before Christ; that the Greeks traversed, and the Romans subjected, all these countries, wherein the latter people changed names of places to a conformity with their own construction of the primitive Scythian language, the alterations easily discernable by reason of kindred speech, an observation not called for in the preceding section, because the Greeks did establish themselves in, and the Romans did reduce to the state of provinces the land of Canaan, we have from the Hebrews, names of persons, places, and things, in their original name, hundreds of ages before these Scythian tribes, who had moved westward as colonists, returned eastward in the shape of conquerors, long antecedently to the emigration of a Gaal of Sciot from Ib-er, a circumstance that marks the preservation by the children of Israel, and the adherence of the children of Er-i to the primitive language of 1

which you can judge, when the original words, with the alterations, are set before you, to which I shall now proceed in alphabetical order.

Ar-men-ia
Arrarat-min-ii

Ar-ax-es

Alb-ban-ia

Cau-cas-us

Colch-is

Mare Eux-in-um

Gomer, the tribes of

Pontus on the Euxine, and on the coast of Phrygia

Japheth

Ia-van

Ib-er-ia

Ard-mionn, the summit of the height.
Air-rearacht-mionn-e, "This is the

apex of the ascent," in fact the land
of Ardmionn had its name from this
famous mountain
Ar-ursg-eis, "The impetuous ravag-
ing confluence of waters."

Ailb-binn, "The pinnacle of the heap of confused heights," as shall be farther remarked on, and explained

Gaba-Casan, pronounced Gou-Casan, "The Smith's path," see note in the Chronicles

Colg, a sword, in this country were the mines from whence all the neighbouring tribes had their swords, and vessels of brass

Moir Eis-amhan, pronounced Eis-aun, "The sea of the multitude of rivers."

Gomur; to the sea, which circumstance gave rise to the specific denomination Gomurig

Iath-foth, pronounced Ia-foth, "The
foundation of the land." This son of
Noe was the first chief of the Scy-
thian race who commenced his reign
as a native of Ardmionn
Iath-ban, the emigrator, pronounced
Iafan

Ib-er, the place of Er, "The land of

heroes," now pronounced by mo

Magogia

Méshech

Nomades

Tubal

derns Ive; the preposition to nunerous districts in Eri, at this day strangely corrupted by English writers to "Hy," neither of which letters are in our alphabet, in which they have been followed by native scribblers, who have pretended to a knowledge of our ancient language Magh-og, the plains, or lands, or regions of Og, see note in the Chronicles, where it is demonstrated that the name of this chief was Og, as Og of Bashan, Og-eis, Ceann, and the like, and that the country he ruled was Magh-og, the cause of the corruption made palpable and obvious at first sight

Meas-aice," The tribe of the land of
acorns"
Naoi-maid-eis,

"Noe's multitude routed in battle." This is the true signification of this term, the followers of Noe from the plains of Shinar to Araxes

Tubal, the original name of Ib-er,

preserved by the Hebrews, it was the people of this country that Og, and the children of the Noe-maid-eis, drove north of Gaba-Casan, as mentioned in the chronicles of Eri, and more particularly explained in the note on the word Caucasus. They were famous in the use of the sling, which we adopted, and still call from them Crann Tubail, the staff of Tubal.

Such are the primitive names of these celebrated persons and

places in Armenia, and the neighbour countries, which, as you perceive, do not differ much from the Roman, indeed in nothing more than the terminations, save Euxinum, in which they have made great havoc; with Arrarat Minii, Ia-foth, Mescheth, and Tabal, they have not meddled, they stand in their original form. That the names given by the Romans are correct, I presume you are capable of judging; whether I am literally accurate or not in the orthography and explanation of the terms in the Gael-lag language, I appeal with confidence to all those of Er-i, and of Ailb-bin, who have knowledge of the ancient language. In truth, every word is set down with undubitable exactness, and is, as you will discover by acquiring adequate information, accurately descriptive of the object presented to you.

SECTION V.

Though the tribes of Og-eag-eis have precedence, as the first that had separated from the stock of the Noe-maid-eis, yet for the sake of connecting our subject more closely, I shall first pass to the north of Caucasus, and notice the names of the principal tribes, lands and waters, in that quarter, adhering to the method and order hitherto pursued.

Artiscus

Bor-is-then-eis

Cimmerii, Cimbri

Celtæ

Dacia

Arduisg, the upper water

Borr-uisg-tan-eis, the confluence of
the swoln waters of the land
Geimarig, people of a dark and
gloomy region

Ceiltig, "concealed," "hidden from
view," another term applied by the
Scythians, to the European tribes,
because of their being concealed in
the forests with which that quarter
of the world was encumbered
Deas-iath, the south country, the tribe

whereon was called by the Romans
Daci, they were a Gael or kindred
of the Gothic Getæ, and had the