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 DRILL EXERCISES 133

^ 35- {Sa/ne Nouns iO/iiinued.)

{A.) Sonie^ of ihe Soulhem or maritime races of Britain were Belgians (§ 15). But the Eelgae were of German origin, as Caesar tells us in the 'Gallic War.' The chapter is the fourth of the second book. Therefore there-were people^ of German origin in Britain in the first and second century B,C. The inhabitants of modem Britain (say of Britain of-the-preseni-day) are mostly of German origin. But they migrated across the German ocean into Britain in the fourth and the fifth century after the birth of Christ.

{B.) Many modern cities are named from (use ex) the Belgian (§ 1 1) races of Kent. The names of the cities are Belgian. But the Belgians of Britain used not to build cities, if the testimony (§ 1 7) of Caesar is true. Winchester (§ 1 5) is the name of an ancient city of South Britain. The inhabitants of cities are not barbarous. Caesar tells us about Brilish ' towns.' The British ' towns ' were different from (§ 19) cities.

§36. [jrd Dec/ension. — Neuters in -e, like 'mare.') The British sea separates (§34) Britain from Gaul. A part of the British sea is named the ' GaUic channel.' Some of the Gauls used-to-sail across the British sea to Brilain for the sake of commerce. London is not many miles distant from the sea. The Biitons did not fight against Caesar on the sea, because they had never (§25) built ships. British sailors now sail across many seas. On many seas and in many lands (§4) you see the British flag (§ 1 1).

^What Gender? ' Some of the races' means ' some races of the races.' For ' of ' use ex.

" Say men, and use Aomo {Prep. § 30). Ilomo means ' human being ' and includes women ; vir does not include women. The Plural oihomo is Ihe only word tlial can be used for ' people ' in the sense of ' persons ' ; for populus means ' o peopie ' in ihe sense of ' a nation ' or ' a tribe,' and the Plural populi means ' nations ' or ' tribes.'