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OF

ABRIDGMENT

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OF

DR. GOLDSMITH'S HISTORY

OF

ENGLA N D;

FROM THE

INVASION OF JULIUS CÆSAR

TO THE

DEATH OF GEORGE THE SECOND;

A. WITH

A CONTINUATION TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.

GENUINE EDITION, STEREOTYPED.

LONDON:

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1812.

THE

HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND.

CHAPTER I.

OF BRITAIN,

From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Abdication of the

Romans.

BRITAIN was but very little known to the rest of the world before the time of the Romans. The coasts opposite Gaul were frequented by merchants who traded thither for such commodities as the natives were able to produce, and who, after a time, possessed themselves of all the maritime places where they had at first been permitted to reside. Finding the country fertile, and commodiously situated for trade, they settled upon the sea-side, and introduced the practice of agriculture. But the inland inhabitants of the country, who con sidered themselves as the lawful possessors of the soil, avoided all correspondence with men, whom they viewed as intruders upon their property.

The inland inhabitants are represented as extremely numerous, living in cottages thatched with straw, and feeding large herds of cattle. They lived mostly upon milk, or flesh procured by the chace. What clothes they wore to cover any part of their bodies, were usually the skins of beasts; but the arms, legs, and thighs, were left naked, and wete usually painted blue. Their hair, which was long, flowed

B