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belonging, to each of the great branches of
the Germap -race . . . . . v. ................... ... 350
Paragraph 1. Nations of $be Oberland or
Highland of aneient Germany.. . . . . . . 350
Paragraph 2. German tribes inhabiting
the low countries on the sea-coast, supposed
to be the Ingaevones of Tacitus.. • 357
Paragraph 3. German tribes of the northeastern
region...- ............................... 361
Section 3. Of the migrations of the German tribes into the
Roman empire, and the subsequent distribution
of the German races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
1. Confederacy of the Alemanni. . . . . . . . 363
2: Of the Franks .............. 364
3. The Thurmgians .................; . . . . . . . . . 3 6 6
4. The Saxons . . . . . . . ,v.’i .............. .’ 366
5. ' Of the Frisians . „................ . . . . . .. r368
Section 4. The same subject continued—’-Migration pf
German tribes from ,tbe north-eastern parts
of Europe into the Roman empire—=-Of the
Gothic department of the German race . . . . 369:
Paragraph 1. Of the Goths.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3j|9
Paragraph 2. Early notices of the Goths . 371
Paragraph 3. History of the Goths from
their own writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Paragraph 4. Of theWandals.......... ..... 378
Paragraph 5. Of the S.uevi . v. . . . . , . . . . 379
Paragraph 6. The Burgundians . . . . . . . . . 380
Paragraph 7. The LangOhards . . . . . . . . . Bill
Paragraph 8. The Heruli .............. , .... 382
Section 5. History of : the Northmen, or of the Scandinavian
division of the German , race . . . . . . . . 383
Section 6. Physical charactersof the German nations.. . . '391
Section 7. Of the supposed origin of Gothic and other
northern nations of Europe from Eastern
Asia .................................. I .........................394
CHAPTER VII.
Of the Slavonian Pace.
S ection 1. General survey'.. . . . . . . . . . . . 404
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S ection 2. Of the Eastern Slavic nations, or Antes:
Paragraph - 1 . Of the RussiatisV. . . . . . . . . 408
Paragraph 2. Russian dialdcts .................. 410
Paragraphs. Of the-southern branches
iff of the- Eastern Slavic stem: Servians,
Croats, and Winds ................................... 411
Section 3: Of the Western Slavic nations....................... .. 414
1 . The Tsehenffi or Bohemians . . . . . . . . 415
.< <2* The Slovaks........................... 416
3. The Lechs or Poles...................................417
4. OP thë 'Sot-abians and Northern Wends 418
Section 4. Further observations "on the languages and lite-
. -tatul^of the Slavonic nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Section 5. Of the moral' character of the ancient Slavic
race—Comparison dPthe Germans, Sarmat®,
-and Slavonians ; ............. 422
S-e'gtion 6.' Of the mythology dPthe Slavic “nations'........... 424
Section 7. Inquiry into the early history of the nations
inhabiting the’edstem parts ;d'f Europe ____ 428
.Section 8. Of the history of the an'cient'’’éëythilns, and of
their relation'tb thé'Sarmatian^ï^l^^ft.'. . 433
SECTION'D. Of thei'physicar characters ‘öf tÉe.f^lavoniau
nations . . .x........... ........... .. 442
CHAPTER VIII.
Of the Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish race.
S ection 1. Getiefal survey' : ........ .’. 1 ............. .......... 447
Section 2. Of the notices to be colMctfed from old writers
edneferhing the history ofnthe Old Prussian
and Lettish i4ee, and d f their^niythoMgyX.. 4 49
Section 3. Of the Old Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettish "
l a n g n a ||s ^ ^W " ^ } « ^ .^ . i4; ' . . *453
Section 4. Coirdusibn . . . . . ' ___ 460
CHAPTER IX.
Of the ancient and modern Inhabitants o f the Countries situated
: f kween the Danube and Mount Taurus.
S ec t io n 1. General survey