Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . er, andthe absence of the pine and the beech.^ Of the in-habitants he says that the Cantii were the most civ-ilised, having constant intercourse with Gaul; andthat in the interior there was little cultivation of theland, but an abundance of cattle. He describes themen as painting themselves with woad, as clothed inskins, and as wearing moustaches but no These notes of his are reproduced here, not be-cause the ancient Britons are any part of the subjectmatter of this volume, but to show that their firstdiscoverer, in a mea
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . er, andthe absence of the pine and the beech.^ Of the in-habitants he says that the Cantii were the most civ-ilised, having constant intercourse with Gaul; andthat in the interior there was little cultivation of theland, but an abundance of cattle. He describes themen as painting themselves with woad, as clothed inskins, and as wearing moustaches but no These notes of his are reproduced here, not be-cause the ancient Britons are any part of the subjectmatter of this volume, but to show that their firstdiscoverer, in a measure beyond any ancient con-queror of whom we have knowledge, was possessedof the desire to know, and of the ability to recordhis knowledge carefully. * It is, however, almost certain that the beech was indigenous inBritain ; and Caesar may have meant some other tree by fagus^ or setit down by an error of memory. f He adds one or two other particulars, e. g., the practice of poly-andry ; for a criticism of these, see Professor Rhys* CelticBritain, p. 52 #^ -r CHAPTER XIII. THE GALLIC REBELLIONS. 54-52
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