," or more properly Coitani, is the Roman
adaptation of the British "Coed," a wood, which still survives in Wales
in such place-names as "Coed Coch," the red wood, "Bettws y Coed," the
chapel in the wood, &c. This was their distinguishing characteristic to
the Roman, they were wood-men.

{3} To the skill and bravery in war of the Britons Caesar bears
testimony. He says, "They drive their chariots in all directions,
throwing their spears, and by the fear of their horses and the noise of
their wheels they disturb the ranks of their enemies; when they have
forced their way among the troops they leap down and fight on foot. By
constant practice they acquire such skill that they can stop, turn, and
guide their horses when at full speed and in the most difficult ground.
They can run along the chariot pole, sit on the collar and return with
rapidity into the chariot, by which novel mode (he says) his men were
much disturbed." ("Novitate pugnae perturbati.") _De Bella Gallico_,
lib. iv, c, 33, 34.

{5a} An account of this milestone is given by the late Precentor
Venables, in his _Walks through the Streets of Lincoln_, two Lectures,
published by J. W. Ruddock, 253, High Street, Lincoln.

{5b} Stukeley, _Itinerarium curiosum_, p. 28; Weir's _History of
Horncastle_, p. 4, ed. 1820; Saunders' _History_, vol. ii, p. 90, ed.
1834; Bishop Trollope, _Architectural Society's Journal_, vol. iv, p.
199, &c.

{5c} Ravennas, whose personal name is not known (that term merely
meaning a native of Ravenna), was an anonymous geographer, who wrote a
_Chorography of Britian_, as well as of several other countries, about
A.D. 650. These were confessedly compilations from older authorities,
and were, two centuries later, revised by Guido of Ravenna, and doubtless
by others at a later period still, since the work, in its existent form
describes the Saxons and Danes, as well, in Britain. As Gallio, also of
Ravenna, was the last Roman general in command in these parts, it has
been suggested that he was virtually the original author (Horsley's
_Britannia_, 1732, chap. iv., p. 489; also _The Dawn of Modern
Geography_, by C. Raymond Beazley, M.A., F.R.G.S., 1897, J. Murray).
Messrs. Pinder and Parthey published an edition of _Ravennas_, _or the
Ravennese Geographer_, as did also Dr. Gale.

{5e} _Life of Agricola_ c. xxxi.

{6a} This is a thoroughly provincial word for highway or turnpike. It
is of course a corruption of "Rampart," a