J.E.

[We have received a similar replay, with the addition of a

reference to Plutarch (Julius Cæsar, cap. 10.), from several

other kind correspondents.]

_Nomade_ (No. 21. p. 342.).--There can be no doubt at all that the

word "nomades" is Greek, and means pastoral nations. It is so used

in Herodotus more than once, derived from [Greek: nomos], pasture:

[Greek: nem_o], to graze, is generally supposed to be the derivation

of the name of Numidians.

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