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332 NOTES.In a similar case Mr. Pinkarton would have acted very different-Jy. Had he not been able to n»ake them Gothic, he would havedubbed them sepnlc/wal monuments^ or a lusus naturce, or, ifthis would not do, he would have made his favourite Torjcousswallow them at one mouthful icithout salt. See his History, v.1. p. 54.Note LXIV.—Page 168.The Cauls (sai/s Lucia?i) call Hercules^ in tiieir country lan»guage, Ogmi us.—The reader is here requested to remark this singularstatue of Hercules, erected by the Gauls. He is also desiredto observe, that the old Gaul (mentioned by Lucian) spoke theGreek language in perfection, and appears to have undei stoodthe Greek mythology better than even Lucian himself. On thesepoints I shall not, in this place, enlarge, as I will have occasionto recur to them when treating of the antiquity of the use of lettersamong the Celts.Note LXV.—Page 170.Great Britain was dejionunatedjroin the province of Britain,in Gaul; and that from Gaul the original inhabitants of the Bri.iish islands (i 7nean those ofCcesar^s time) are descended.—It isa point almost universally conceded, that islands have been peopledfrom the most contiguous continents, Mr. Pinkarton'sopposite theory stands on very slender grounds. The evidencesproduced by Toland to establish that Great Britain was peopledfrom Gaul, are clear and decisive. Pinkarton's theory rests onthe following basis. Caisar, (lib. 1. cap. 1.) speaking of theJklgcc, Aquitani, 4' Celtce, says—i7z o?nnes lingua, institutisyJegiuusy inter se differiint—i. e. '' All these differ, one from another,in language, customs, and laws," Hence Mr. Pinkartoninfers they must have been three distinct races of men, and thatthe Celts inhabited only the third part of Gaul. This erroneoustheory has also led him to assert that tota Gallia means onlythe third part of Gaul. But Cujsar's words might, with thestrictest propriety, be applied to any three districts in any na-