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 Chap. 33.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 359 the Belendi and then the Pyrena?an range. Below these are the Monesi ' the Oscidates^ a mountain race, the Sibyl- lates*, the Camponi*, the Bercoreates^, the Pindediiniii^, the Lassunni^, the Vellates^, theTomates^", the Consoranni'^ the Ausci'", the Elusates^^, the Sottiates^^, the Oscidates Campestres^% the Succasses^^, the Tarusates'^, the Basabo- eates'^, the Yassei^^, the Sennates, and the Cambolectri Ages- sinates-". Joining up to the Pictones are the Bituriges* a ^ They occupied the southern part of the department of the Gironde. 2 From them Ilardouin suggests that Moneins, in the department of the Basses Pyrenees, takes its name. 3 D'Anyille is of opinion that they inliabited and gave name to the Yallee d'Ossim, between the Pyrenees and the city of Oleron in the department of the Basses P^Tenees. ■* D'Anville places them in the Yallee de Soule, in the department of the Basses Pyrenees. Pyrenees, is supposed to have received its name. ^ Biscarosse, not far from Tete de Buch in the department of the Landes, is supposed to derive its name from tliis tribe. 7 Nothing whatever is known of them. ^ The more general reading is " Sassumini." Ansart suggests that the town of Sariimi, between Cognac and Perigueux, in the department of the Dordogne, may have received its name from them. ^ Ansart suggests thatRieumes,inthe department of theHaute Garonne occupies the site of Ryesium, their chief town, mentioned by Ptolemy. ^° They are supposed to have given name to ToiUTiay, m the depart ment of the Ilautes Pyrenees. ^^ Supposed to be the same as the Consuarini, mentioned in B. iii. c. 5 ^2 They probably gave name to Audi, in the department of Gers. ^3 Their cliief town occupied the site of Fuse or Eause, m the depart ment of Gers. ^* Their locahty is marked by Soz, in the department of the Lot-ct Garonne. 15 Qj. « Oscidates of the Plains." They probably gave name to Ossun two miles from Tarbes, in the department of the Ilautes Pyreiic'os. ^^ From them the village of Cestas, three leagues from Bordeaux, in the department of the Gironde, is supposed to derive its name. ^'^ The village of Tursan, in the department of the Landes, probably derived its name from this tribe. 18 Their town was Cossio, afterwards Vasates, now Bazas, in the de- partment of the Gironde. ly The site of the Yassei and the Sennates appears to be unknown. ^ D'Anville is of opinion that this tribe gave name to Aisenay or Azenay, a village four leagues distant from Bourbon-Ycndee, in the department of La Yendee. ^1 They occupied the district formerly known as Berry, but now the
 * From them Campon, a place in the department of the Hautes