CONTENTS.

PART I.

Gives the traditionary account of the origin of the Scythians-the emi-
gration of a tribe of that race from their original land to the south-
ward of the river Oxus-their passage of the Tigris and Euphrates-
their dominion of western Asia-the invasion of their land by the
Assyrians-the building of Babel by the Assyrians-the flight of Ard-
fear or Noah, the supreme chief of the Scythians to Ardmenia-his
death and burial-the reign of Japheth in Ardmenia-the election of
Og, son of Japheth-the emigration of a colony from Ardmenia to
Thrace, &c.—the conquest of Iberia by Og—the emigration of a colony
from Ardmenia to the north of Caucasus-and to Numidia in Africa-
and from thence to Spain; from which time it gives the authentic his-
tory of the emigration of a tribe from Iberia to Spain-of the introduc-
tion of the Phœnician letters into Galicia, in Spain, by Eolus-of the
institution of the order of Olam teachers, or wise men—of the emigra-
tion of a tribe from Gallicia to Aquitania-of the regulation of the
priesthood-of the discovery of Britain by the Phoenicians of the sepa-
ration of the isles of Scilly from the main land-of the invasion of Spain
by Sesostris of Egypt, the battle of Samur, and the fall of Eocaid Golam
-of the departure of the Prince Ith from Galicia to explore an island
westward of Britain-of his death-and the return of his son with
the survivors-Lugad's relation of the adventure-of the emigration
of the king, princes, nobles, Olam, and a colony from Breoccean, in
Galicia, to the western island.

PART II.,

Gives an account of the arrival of this colony on the western Isle-
their conquest of the island, which they call Eri-their covenant with
the preceding rulers, by which they retained the sovereignty of the
country now called Connaught-the establishment of the aborigines
on the borders of Loc Erne-the division by lot of the remainder of
the island amongst the two sons, and one grandson of Eocard Golam
-the present Munster, Leinster, and Ulster-the contention of the
kings of Deas and Gaelen, the battle of Cesiol, fall of the king of Deas,
and the usurpation of the title of Erimionn by the king of Gaelen-
the arrival of a company of Phoenicians-the attempt to introduce
image worship into Eri-its failure-the death of Er, king of the

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north, and the imposition of the name of Ullad on his kingdom-the building of Dun Sobairce and Dunciermna the first stone edefice of this tribe in Eri, or elsewhere-the invasion of Gaelen by the Danan and Firgneat-unsuccessful-the name of Deas changed to that of Mumain

PART III.

The legislation of Eocaid Olam Fodla, whereby Eri became a confederation of the three kingdoms of Numain, Ullad, and Gaelen; the king of Ullad being chosen ardri, or chief king-the building of Teacmor, on Tobrad, where the national assembly of Eri, consisting of all the kings, princes, and nobles, deputies from the olam, and heads of the people, and the chief and eight of the nobles of the Danan, met every fourth year to legislate, and transact the affairs of the nations--the tale of Leafail-the laws of Eri promulgated—the death of Eocaid Olam Fodla, the wise legislator of Eri-contention between the princes of Ullad for the first time, whereby the office of ardri, which had been continued in the person of the kings of Ullad for about 130 years, was vested in another.

PART IV.

The king of Gaelen chosen ardri-a noble of the Brigantes, in Britain, comes on an embasy to Uliad-mines are worked on the southern extremity of Eri.

PART V.

The building of Aodmagnmaca-Maca, a woman, reigns!!!—a king of Gaelen re-assumes the title of Erimionn-a tribe of Peucini, from Scandinavia, arrive in Eri-depart-return-procure women by covenant, that the sons of daughters, not of sons, shall succeed to the throne of Caledonia-Maon, a young prince of Gaelen, flies to Caledonia-returns-kills the murderer of his father in battle-the tale of Maon and Moriat-Maon introduces foreign troops, who are violent and overbearing-a conspiracy against him and them-both he and they slain -Gaelen called Laigean, from the long spears borne by these foreigners ---Imbior Slaigne now had its name of Loc Garman from them also -the affecting relation of Aongus and Aine-the title of Chief King changed from Erimionn to Ardri-the permission of Ruidruide-mor to Aongus for his son by his daughter to a portion in Ullad—the institution of the Clauda Ruid-ruide in Ullad.

ERRATA. In the head-lines of all the pages from the conclusion of the Sixth Chapter, to the end of Part the First, for THE WRITING OF EOLUS, read CHRONICLES OF GAELAG.

POSTSCRIPT.

RECOLLECTING to have read a passage in Josephus's Antiquities, corroborative of the many proofs of the Greeks and Hebrews being derived from the same stock, of which I neglected to take a note; on referring to Whiston's translation, for the purpose of stating it in the proper place, it chanced that the page in which it was had not been cut open, and thus escaped me; having this moment happened to light on the passage, I beg leave to insert it here:

"Arius, king of the Lacedemonians, to Onias, sendeth greeting :"

"We have met with a certain writing, whereby we have "discovered that both the Jews and the Lacedemonians are "of one stock, and are derived from the kindred of Abraham. "It is but just therefore, that you who are our brethren, "should send to us about any of your concerns as you

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please; we will also do the same thing, and esteem your "concerns as our own; and will look on our concerns as in "common with yours. Demoteles, who brings you this "letter, will bring your answer back to us. This letter is "four square, and the seal is an eagle, with a dragon in its "claws."- Vol. II. Book 12. Chap. 6.

On which Whiston hath the following long note:

"Whence it comes that these Lacedemonians declare themselves here to be of kin to the Jews, as derived from the same ancestor Abraham, I cannot tell, unless, as Grotius supposes, they were derived from the Dores that came of the Pelasgoi; these are by Herodotus called barbarians, and perhaps were derived from the Syrians, and Arabians, the posterity of Abraham by Keturah; we may further observe, from the recognitions of Clement, that Eliezer of Damascus, the servant of Abraham, was of old by some taken for his son, so that if the Lacedemonians were sprung from him, they might think themselves to be of the posterity of Abra

ham, as well as the Jews who were sprung from Isaac; and perhaps this Eliezer of Damascus, is that very Damascus whom Trogus Pompeius, as abridged by Justin, makes the founder of the Jewish nation itself, though he afterwards blunders, and makes Azelus, Adores, Abraham, and Israel, kings of Judea, and successors to this Damascus."

I trust you are now better informed, and know how to appreciate the conjectures of Whiston, Grotius, Clement, Trogus Pompeius and Justin; the relationship between the Lacedemonians and the Hebrews did not proceed from Abraham, nor Eliezer, but from the tribe of Garchad, who were Scythians of Canaan, and fled from that land to Egypt on the invasion of Joshua, the robber, as he is called, and from Egypt emigrated to Greece, where they were called Pelasgoi : and here let me make an observation, not having, I fear, been sufficiently explanatory in the body of this Demonstration; That the first Scythian invaders of Lacedemon were Pelasgoi, but when the Heraclides returned to Peloponnesus, they effected their restoration by the aid of the Dorians, of the Ogygean Ellenes, who became blended with the Pelasgoi, and being now more powerful gave their name to the whole, though Areus the chief was a Pelasgian; facts, the knowledge of which tend to relieve from confusion the history of the origin of these several tribes of Greece, and cannot be too minutely attended to.

Men of literature, is it not high time, on your own account, and for the sake of the youth committed to your care, that you set your faces against the entire catalogue of perhaps's, probabilities, likelihoods, and may be's, and the practice of quoting the writings of men of modern times, who cannot now produce any new fact, and whose argumentations upon the memorials of ancient days are always founded on conjecture, and analogies of events for the most part suppositions, for the authenticity whereof thev have no voucher.