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historical Mlatioh , fie a ^ hint . The Way in which lie treated the question of " Cold Harbours , " By bringing together a collection of about eighty , to which comparatively few hkv & since been added , Ariras the rjhilosbphical and trite mode > for , wtereas other writers on this topic have begun with theories , he has beguii Atith iacts , and collected most of the facts which belong to ^ tlt ^^§^ K ^ fec £ t ¦;"'¦ . ¦ ¦ ..
The chief collections of Anaterials for this been the indexed bf the census , which havfe become more and more CPpioiis ^ but are Mill ihsuflicient . The fo ^ for this island , Of a ^ portion may be twothirds , the Celtic names forming the remainder , being likewise insufficiently illustrated . The Irish index is separate , and also
insufficient . The index to the A ^ efisM of lS 5 1 forms a small folio volume of about 288 ^ copious as to ^ onte districts th a ^ 184 1 , yet , in effect , it excludes the names of to \ vnships ^ The Ordn ^ c | survey names of most h ^ objects , but as the names have tP be picked but aM ^ ^ is no index to it---it ha , s only been used for casual researches by Hartshorne and others . The indexes to the census remain the chief handbooks of reference ^ because the names are alphabetized . These indexes can however , only afford ah . imperfect aid to inquiry
because they only provide a sniall portion of the whole materials , certainly not one twentieth part , and because they afford no materials —oirnext to none- —for many branches of the inquiry . They consist chiefly of the nanies of habitations ^ and ohly partially include the names of Pther topographical features . Thus , in the census of 1841 there is no Cold Harbour , no Windy Harbour , no Julian Bower , no
Coney Gore , no Bunker ' s Hill , and the same is to be reinarked ofthe index of 1851 , and yet the list of Cold Harbours hereafter given includes a hundred . The alphabetical arrangement , although it affords some convenience for reference , does not satisfy the demands of the student , because the alphabet applies to the initial syllables , and thereby affords no classification for the terminations , Which are of no
less value . The materials are indeed so scanty , as , even with considerable labour applied , to afford slender results . Thus , included in the census of 1851 is . a most laborious table , ofthe proportion of the terminations in ton ? harn , worth , by , < fec , in each shire , a scheme most valuable in its intention , but the indications of which are of little use , because , as they are based on the analysis of the names of parishes and townships alone , they do not include the whole terminations .
The conductors of the census have seen the value of such inquiries , audit is to be hoped that they will , in 1861 , take proper measures for their prosecution . The census returns of each toAvnship or division should then provide a list of all places having names . This , alpha-
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Akolo-Saxon- Mstoey As N^Lustrated By ' ...
historical Mlatioh , fie a ^ hint . The Way in which lie treated the question of " Cold Harbours , " By bringing together a collection of about eighty , to which comparatively few hkv & since been added , Ariras the rjhilosbphical and trite mode > for , wtereas other writers on this topic have begun with theories , he has beguii Atith iacts , and collected most of the facts which belong to ^ tlt ^^§^ K ^ fec £ t ¦;"'¦ . ¦ ¦ ..
The chief collections of Anaterials for this been the indexed bf the census , which havfe become more and more CPpioiis ^ but are Mill ihsuflicient . The fo ^ for this island , Of a ^ portion may be twothirds , the Celtic names forming the remainder , being likewise insufficiently illustrated . The Irish index is separate , and also
insufficient . The index to the A ^ efisM of lS 5 1 forms a small folio volume of about 288 ^ copious as to ^ onte districts th a ^ 184 1 , yet , in effect , it excludes the names of to \ vnships ^ The Ordn ^ c | survey names of most h ^ objects , but as the names have tP be picked but aM ^ ^ is no index to it---it ha , s only been used for casual researches by Hartshorne and others . The indexes to the census remain the chief handbooks of reference ^ because the names are alphabetized . These indexes can however , only afford ah . imperfect aid to inquiry
because they only provide a sniall portion of the whole materials , certainly not one twentieth part , and because they afford no materials —oirnext to none- —for many branches of the inquiry . They consist chiefly of the nanies of habitations ^ and ohly partially include the names of Pther topographical features . Thus , in the census of 1841 there is no Cold Harbour , no Windy Harbour , no Julian Bower , no
Coney Gore , no Bunker ' s Hill , and the same is to be reinarked ofthe index of 1851 , and yet the list of Cold Harbours hereafter given includes a hundred . The alphabetical arrangement , although it affords some convenience for reference , does not satisfy the demands of the student , because the alphabet applies to the initial syllables , and thereby affords no classification for the terminations , Which are of no
less value . The materials are indeed so scanty , as , even with considerable labour applied , to afford slender results . Thus , included in the census of 1851 is . a most laborious table , ofthe proportion of the terminations in ton ? harn , worth , by , < fec , in each shire , a scheme most valuable in its intention , but the indications of which are of little use , because , as they are based on the analysis of the names of parishes and townships alone , they do not include the whole terminations .
The conductors of the census have seen the value of such inquiries , audit is to be hoped that they will , in 1861 , take proper measures for their prosecution . The census returns of each toAvnship or division should then provide a list of all places having names . This , alpha-