As also the silent and ceaseless flow of water is the most natural and the most common emblem of the efflux of time; so in the same root is to be found the origin of many of the words which mean time and eternity. The Gr. αει, the Goth. aiv, the Anglo-Sax. awa, Eng. ever and aye, are all from this same root, so widely spread in river-names, and express the same idea which speaks—

"For men may come, and men may go,
But I go on for ever."


ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

P. [25].

To the root ab or ap, water, place the Lith. and Lett. uppe, river, whence the following.

Germany.The Oppa in Silesia.
Russia.The Upa. Joins the Oka.
The Ufa. Joins the Bielaya.

P. [33].

To the root ud place as an appellative the Obs. Gael. ad, water. And add to form No. 1 the following names.