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 Chap* XII. OT MANCHESTER. 439 red from the middle to the conclufion of the word, where the letters are no longer quiefcent ; and as Needle is changed into Neeld in Lancafhire, as Kathair is formed intoCarth and Garth, fo Gathd is changed into Galath. And we fee the fad direct- ly exemplified in the Gael of the continent being fo frequently denominated Galatae by the antients. Gathel Gael and Galath therefore are all one and the fame flexible and varying appella- tion* And the appellation fignifies merely the Woodlanders. Guedh and Goed import a wood among the Armoricans and the Welch, *ind Guylh-t and Guel-z fignifies a man of the Guy lb Ouel or wood ; all o( them the evident remains of the antient Guidhil or Guethel a wood. Coil, the fame with the .Guylh of the Welch, and anfwering to Gael and Gael, is the cuftomary term for a Wood among the Irifh and the High- landers at prefent. And Gulad occurs in Gulad*aedh the Welch for a woodlander, and Kelyd appears in Kelydhon the Britifh for woods, correfponding to Galath and Gakt, and fignify- iag with them a wood- The celebrated appellations therefore of Gathel-iGall-iGalat-reCakt-es An»Galit-es and Celt-ae fignify iflifcrely a wood* And bearing xhe Celtic prefix, before them which is ufcd ia the aatient hifhsry of Ireland to the prefent period, as Fir*Bolg and Pir*Dinmon, and which muft have been previ- oofly ufed in more than half the national appellations of Britain, as Fir-Cant, Fir-Trinovapt, Fir-Cartiab f Fir-Voki*, Fir-Si~ ituhtkf, aud various others, ail thefe appellations, Fk-Gathel, Fir-Gael* and Fir-Galat, rauft have impeated merely the Man of the Wood. But in one national denomination of the very fame origin the termination is a little different, becaufe the word is in the pktral number, Keiyd or Cakd lengthens ititb Kelyd- on or Caled-on woods. Thus Caledon became the antient ap- pellation for all the exteniive forefts of the Gatheli and the Galli in the provinces of Britain. Thus Fir-Cafedon or Caledon-es became equally the antient appellation for the* Gathel and the Gael of the Highlands, And thro Cakdooitts became occa- J fionally