3. Gaels. a. Scotch Gaels. b. Irish Gaels. c. Manxmen, or Gaelic Kelts of the Isle of Man.
4. The Cisalpine Kelts of Northern Italy.
5. The Ligurians(?) extended from the Etruscan to the Iberian frontier.
Sub-divisions (more or less artificial) of the Cambrian Kelts.—a. Cumbrians of the kingdom of Strath-Clyde. b. Cymry of North Wales. c. Cymry of South Wales. d. Cornish Kelts.
Philological Classification of the known Keltic languages.—
Keltic Stock.
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Cambrian (British) Branch. Gaelic Branch.
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Welsh. Cornish. Armorican. Scotch Gaelic. Irish Gaelic. Manx.
Descent.—From the ancient tribes of Ireland, Scotland, England, Gaul (north of the Loire, and west of the Rhine), Helvetia, and the Agri Decumates(?). The Cimbri[187] and Teutones.
Physical conformation.—Preeminently (according to Retzius) dolikhokephalic. Cheek-bones, prominent; complexion, referable to—
a. The Silurian type.—Eyes and hair, black; complexion, dark, with a ruddy tinge; chiefly found in South Wales.
b. The Hibernian type.—Eyes, grey; hair, yellowish, red, or sandy; complexion, light.