CONTENT S. TE HE firft migrations of Noah's offspring from Armenia; of the parts of the earth, to which they paffed, from time to time; and a general view of the farther paffages and changes of the defcendants of Japhet, northward and weftward CHA P. II. : Page I The progress of the Gomerians, or offspring of Gomer 44 CHA P. III. The progrefs of the Magogians, or offspring of Magog, with that of his brothers, Mefhech and Tubal CHA P. IV. 58 An Explanation of the names given to the defcendants of Japhet, and fome of thofe of Ham, by the Greeks, and a reconciliation of them with the names by which they were called by Mofes and the prophets, with farther proofs of their migrations 77 CHA P. V. An account of feveral heroes who were the fubjects of Grecian hiftory of Nil, Belus, Sihor, Ofihor, Toth, Ogmius, and others; of Sesoftris; whether the above were dif- ferent names of him? Surprising agreement between the Irish bards, or filids, and other hiftorians; of Mile- fius, and his genealogy from Japhet; of Phenius, grandson of Magog; his tranfactions in Scythia and Shinar; his fon's paffage into Egypt, and the migra- tion of his ifjue into Spain, and thence into Ireland ; whether Shefhac and Sefoftris were the names of Some account of the first peopling of Ireland; with obfer- vations upon Dr. Keating's authorities and quotations; of the triennial assembly anciently held there, to fettle records, genealogies and laws: the Irish poets and anti- quaries of their ancient hiftories, ancient language, and the СНА Р. VII. Colonel Grant's explanation of a curious Siberian medal, in the cabinet of the empress of Ruffia, which relates to the religion of Tangutia and Tibet; of the Lamas, and their notion of a TRIUNE BEING; agreement between Perfian and German words; miffionaries accounts of thofe people; hiftory of the knowledge of a pleurality in СНАР. CHAP. VIII. Obfervations upon certain paffages in Jofephus Acosta's account of Mexico and Peru; and in Muller's relation. of the feveral Ruffian expeditions to the North-East; and fome animadverfions upon the first inhabitants of Mexico and Peru. CHA P. IX. 218 The Welsh and Irish languages compared; the caufe of the degeneracy and changes made in them; of their close affinity; as alfo of others of Europe with them: a fummary account of the present state of the feveral languages of Europe, and a lift of about one thousand words in the Welsh and Irish having the fame fignification, tending to prove they were originally the fame CHA P. X. 244 The names of the numerals of most of the nations of Europe; a table of the names, with remarks upon their deviations; and on the names of fome of thofe of Afia and America CHAP. XI. 310 Hiftorical obfervations upon alphabets, and the invention of letters; with a table of fome of those of Europe 346 СНАР. XII. Remarks upon the foregoing alphabets; an enumeration of alphabets; the number of letters originally in feveral; of primary and fecondary letters; of the rife and deviations of the European alphabets, from the original fet of characters 381 SUB |