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" Maeatse dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts ; the Caledonians beyond them. Each of these people inhabit mountains wild and waterless, and plains desert and marshy, having neither... "
Ethnology of the British Islands - Page 54
by Robert Gordon Latham - 1852 - 260 pages
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History of the Ancient Britons, from the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 1

John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1847 - 440 pages
...Mjeatae, for even the names of all the other tribes have in a manner merged in these two. The M aeatae dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts, and the Caledonians live beyond them. Each of these people inhabit wild mountains, where there is no...
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Half hours of English history, selected and illustr. by C. Knight, Volume 1

English history - 1851 - 706 pages
...have merged in these. The Mœatso dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parta ; the Caledonians beyond them. Each of these people inhabit mountains wild and waterlesa, and plains desert and marshy, having neither wall nor cities nor tilth, but living by pasturage,...
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The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society ..., Volume 1

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1856 - 552 pages
...Dion Cassius of this period of our national history is graphic and interesting. The Mseato, he says, dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts ; — the Caledonians beyond them. By this wall, he means the rampart of Antoninus. They each lived, amidst mountains and marshes, by...
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A History of Northumberland, in Three Parts: General history of the country

John Hodgson - Northumberland (England) - 1858 - 416 pages
...to the reign of Severus himself, and here the phrase is peculiarly emphatic. He says, " The Meatse dwell close to the Wall which divides the island into two parts." The expression, vpoi uinw «p Sumtxtafum is equivalent to the ' very' wall — the wellknown wall.1 Much...
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The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of ...

Thomas Wright - Ethnology - 1861 - 554 pages
...Maeatse, for even the names of all the other tribes have in a manner merged in these two. The Maeataa dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts, and the Caledonii live beyond them. Each of these people inhabit wild mountains, where there is no...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of ...

Great Britain - 1865 - 708 pages
...the Mœataî ; for even the names of the others, as may be said, have merged in these. The Mœatœ dwell close to the wall which divides the island into...waterless, and plains desert and marshy, having neither wall nor cities nor tilth, but living by pasturage, by the chace, and on certain berries ; for of their...
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Charles Knight's school history of England, abridged from the ..., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 pages
...Dion Cassins of this period of our national history is graphic and interesting. The Mamtae, he says, dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts ; — the Caledonians beyond them. By this wall, he means the rampart of Antoninus. They each lived, amidst mountains and marshes, by...
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Ancient Pillar Stones of Scotland: Their Significance and Bearing on Ethnology

George Moore - Logie stone - 1865 - 216 pages
...that " the two greatest tribes amongst the Britons are the Caledonians and the Mse-atse. The Mae-atse dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts."* The Caledonians being Picts, the Mse-atse were Scots of the Dal-ri-afa division. In the name Mae-atse we recognise...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1866 - 704 pages
...and the Mrcatae ; for even the names of the others, as may be said, have merged in these. The Maeatse dwell close to the wall which divides the island into...waterless, and plains desert and marshy, having neither wall nor cities nor tilth, but living by pasturage, by the chace, and on certain berries ; for of their...
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The Crown History of England: Being Our Country's History from the Earliest ...

Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1870 - 954 pages
...Dion Cassins of this period of our national history is graphic and interesting. The Meatse, he says, dwell close to the wall which divides the island into two parts ; — the Caledonians beyond them. By this wall, he means the rampart of Antoninus. They each lived, amidst mountains and marshes, by...
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