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 4 3 8 ' T H E H l ST O R Y ■ Book Ij minate themfelves by the general title of Gael, Cael, or Gauls. But they alfo denominate themfelves, and - the Welch equally denominate them both and originally denominated themfcdves *% by the general title of Guidhyl Guethel and Gathel. And this appellatipn is certainly the origin of the other* The interme- diate th being left quiefcent in die pronunciation, Gathel is im-^ mediately formed into Gael. Such a quiefcence in general ap- pears from the Irifh langnage at prefent to have been once very frequent in the Britifh. And this quiefcence in particular appears a&ually in ufe among the Britons. That the interme- diate th in general was aftually melted away in the pronunci- ation, is plain from the Britifh appellation of a fortrefs, Kadair and Kathair, which is now refolved into Kaer and Gaer, and from the names of Cathbait Cruthgall Skhfadda and the like, pronounced Cabait Crugall and Sifadda in the Hollands at pre* fent. And this Britifh mode of pronunciation is even retained in the provincial Englifh of the prefent day, Burthen being equally in Wales and in Lancashire contra£ed into Burn, the names of Rauthmell and Withnell being popularly pronounced Raumell and Winell in Lancashire, and Them Boatfwain Southwold-Bay Northwood and Southton being everywhere colloquially reduced into 'Em Bofon Sole-Bay Norwood and Sutton. That this intermediate th in particular was antiently melted away in the pronunciation, is more plain from the an- tient appellation of a tliftri& in Caledonia, which was antiently written Ar-Gathel, but is now written becaufe it has been al* ways pronounced Ar-Gael or Ar-Gyle. And the ih is aftually loft in the pronunciation both of the Irifh and of the Highlanders to the prefent moment, and Gathel is a&ually founded by both to the prefent moment fimilarly to the other, appellation of Gael 3P. The Cekic name of ifJuidhyi Gue- thel or Gathel therefore was originally the fame with the Celtic appellation of Cael Gael or Gaul, and the a&ual parent of it. But this is not all. The quiefcent letters are frequently transfer-. ♦ -red