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 Cliap. 31.] Accoi::?TT of counteies, etc. 368 than all, IS'erigos, from which persons embark for Tlnile. At one day's sail from Thule is the frozen ocean, vliich by some is called the Cronian Sea. CHAP. 31. (17.) — GALLIA BELGICA. The whole of Gaul that is comprehended under the one general name of Comata^, is divided into three races of people, which are more especially kept distinct from each other by the following rivers. From the Scaldis to the Se- quana- it is Belgic G-aul ; from the Sequana to the Garumna^ it is Celtic Gaul or Lugdunensis"* ; and from the Garumna to the promontory of the Pyrensean range it is Aquitanian Gaul, formerly called Aremorica*. Agrippa makes the en- tire length of the coast of Gaul to be 1800 miles, mea- sured from the Ehine to the Pyrenees : and its length, from the ocean to the mountains of Gebenna and Jura, excluding therefrom Gallia Xarbonensis, he computes at 420 miles, the breadth being 318. Beginning at the Scaldis, the parts beyond^ are inliabited by the Toxandri, who are divided into various peoples with many names ; after whom come the Menapii', the Morini^, the Oromarsaci^, who are adjacent to the burgh which is known asGesoriacum'*^, theBritanni' the Ambiani^'^, theBel- gos, the island of Lewis, the BOi'them promontory of which is in the old maps designated by the name of Narj- or Nery. Ptolemy makes men- tion of an island called Doumna in the vicinity of the i rcades. 1 Transalpine Gaul, with the exception of that part of it called Nar- bonensis, was called Gallia Comata, fi-om the custom of the people allo^'ing their hair to grow to a great length. 2 From the Scheldt to the Seine. ^ p'^om the Seine to the Garonne. ^ LyoneseGaul, fromLugdunum, the ancient name of the city of Lyons. the Sea." ^ The provinces of Antwerp and North Brabant. 7 Inhabiting Western Flanders. 8 So called, it is supposed, from the Celtic word Mor, which means "the sea." Terouane and Boulogne are supposed to occupy the site of their towns, situate in the modern Pas de Calais. 5 D' AnvUle places them between Calais and GravcUincs, in the Pas do Calais, and on the spot now known as the Terre de Marck or Merk. '** Boulogne, previously mentioned. ^^ Cluver tliuiks that " Brianni" would be the correct reading hero j but D'Anville places the Britanni on the southern bank of the stream called La Canche in the Pas de Calais. ^" According to Parisot and Ansart they occupied the department of YOL. I. 2 A
 * Said by Camden to be derived from the Celtic words Ar - mor, " by