The Natural History of the Varieties of Man

by R. G. Latham

2. Saxons of Hanover.—Extinct, or incorporated in Germany. The Anglo-Saxons of England.

3. Saxons of Osnaburg and Westphalia.—Extinct or incorporated. Descendants of the Cherusci.

FRISIANS.

Language.—Low German, with the infinitives ending in -a.

Physical appearance.—Preeminently of the first type.

Divisions and localities.—1. West Frisians, of Friesland and Groningen; the latter speaking the Dutch of Holland. Descendants of the Frisii.

2. East Frisians of East Friesland, Oldenburg, and Hanover.

Language.—Except in Saterland, replaced by the German. Descent from the Chauci.

3. North Frisians of Heligoland, and the parts about Husum and Bredsted, in Sleswick.

The date of the occupancy of the North Frisians is uncertain. Probably, they are emigrants from Hanoverian Friesland rather than aborigines.