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FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1: On the origin of these tribes, which seem to have been
kindred nations with the ancient Livonians, Esthonians, and
Borussians, many hypotheses have been started, but the truth has not
yet been sufficiently ascertained. It seems evident to us, that they
are not of Slavic origin; although this has been maintained by many
historians, who were misled by local circumstances. Even Schaffarik in
his Antiquities regards them as originally a Slavic race. See Parrot's
_Versuch einer Entwickelung der Sprache, Abstammung, etc. der Liven,
Letten, etc_. The Foreign Quarterly Review contains an interesting
essay on Lettish popular poetry, Vol. VIII. p. 61.]
[Footnote 2: Kopitar, in his review of Schaffarik's _Geschichte_,
declares this etymological derivation to be a mistake; without however
giving any other explanation of the name Lekh. _Wiener Jahrbuecher_,
Vol. XXXVII. 1827. According to Schaffarik in his Slav. Antiquities,
_Lekh_, like _Czekh_, means a leader, a high officer.]
[Footnote 3: See pp. 36, 43.]
[Footnote 4: See Bentkowski's _Hist. literatury Polsk_. Warsaw 1814.]
[Footnote 5: The statistical information respecting the Russian-Polish
provinces is very imperfect, and contains the most striking
contradictions.
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