terpretatione Græca possint Druidæ videri." He evidently uses it as a sort of apposite play upon the word Spûs, and not as a true etymon. It would nevertheless be quite as appropriate a play upon the words, and not further from the mark, than if we were to say that the Britons were so called from being the Bright-ones. The force of this remark will be better seen when we come to the etymon of and . It is quite on a par with Aristotle's deduction of mystery from Mys, 'the mouse";' there was not only a common sound but a common idea, for Myomancy, or divining by means of mice, was no uncommon circumstance among idolatrous worship. An accidental equivoque of the same sort may be found in our Liturgy, where we pray for "Her Majesty Queen Victoria," "that she may have the victory over all her enemies." No one will deny the common origin and idea in the name of our Queen and that of victory, but never was anything less intended than so bad a pun. Now the words Dru and Gaul are nearly synonymous; they both mean anything round, and to go about in a circular progression. 77, Dur, is to go round about, circuitous,' like the sun and the moon. The Dervishes, who used circular dances, like the Druids, are generally supposed to have derived their name from this root d. 77 and, Dur and Gal, both mean 'round, a round See Appendix I. under . d M. Volney (Voyage en Syrie) says, "La danse des Derviches dont les tournogemens ont pour objet d'imiter les mouvemens des Astres." This seems to have been the object also of the Druids, whose worship was essentially planetary. heap of stones, a tumulus, a funeral pile.' Their dwellings, too, were circular-round huts. 777, Dur, in Chaldee means 'dwellings,' because they were circular f. 77, Dur, and, Tur or Tre, seem to have been synonymous; they both mean 'to turn, to circulate.' Hundreds of names of places and families in Cornwall, where the British language clung longer than in any part of Britain, except in Wales, commence with, or embrace, this root. The Index to the Cornish volume of Lysons' Magna Britannia will supply them in abundance. And in connection with this observe how Strabo identifies the Cimmerians (Cymri) and the Tre-rones: οἵ τε Κιμμερίοι οὔς καὶ Τρήρωνας - ὁνομάζουσιν. The Trerones or Treres are spoken of by Callinus and Callisthenes. This identification of the Trerones and the Cimmerii leads us on to enquire who were the Cimmerii, and whence they derived their name. Again we find , Cimr or Cumr, is 'to turn, to roll round and round,' synonymous with Gal, Dur, and Tur, and as a noun masculine plural, Cumrim, Chemarim. Under this name are Baal's priests spoken of in Zephaniah i. 4, and in 2 Kings xxiii., "ordained to • See Parkhurst, p. 136. f Hence Gallicè Tourner, English 'turn.' Tor and Thor were also names of the sun see Appendix I. under Thor. h Trerones are doves, from their flying round and round. the sacred birds of Noah. Doves |