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37 of Brittany: and "that it is almost certain that the old British, and the ancient language of Gaul, belonged to this branch." 2nd; The Gaelic or Erse; as represented by the present Irish Gaelic, the Gaelic of the Highlands of Scot- land, and the Manks of the Isle of Man. The following table of numbers will give the reader some idea of the resemblances between English, Welsh, Cornish, and Breton, as given by Latham. English. Welsh, Cornish. Breton. One un onan unan Two dau deu daou Three tri try tri Four pedwar peswar pevar Five pump pymp pemp Six chwech whe chuech Seven saith seyth seiz Eight wyth eath eiz Nine naw naw nao Ten deg dek dec Twenty ugain ugens ugent Hundred cant cant cant That quaint old writer Andrew Borde, who died in 1539, gives the numerals in Cornish thus: — 1, Onyn; 2, dow; 3, tray; 4, peswar; 5, pimp; 6, whe; 7, syth; 8, eth; 9, naw; 10, dec; 11, unec; 12, dower; 13, tredeec; 14, peswardeec; 15, pympdeec; 16, whedeec; 17, sythdeec; 18, ethdeec; 19, nawdeec; 20, igons; 21, onyn war igons; 22, dow war igons; 23, tray war igons; 24, peswarygons; and so on up to thirty.