3.  pL  JS7.)   It  baa  basa  aapposad  thel  theaa  nanaa
imply  aoAe  dMant  eonnezton  between  tiw  Lydian
dmaty  af  the  Hetadidw  and  the  Aeayrian  ampire-;
•ad  there  are  eome  curious  trsditions  preserved,  ap-
panatly  by  Xanthua;  in  bia  btatoir  of  Lydia.  which
ga  aaiaa  wav  towards  euppurtii^  lois  hypothesis.  It
is  pMbaiUathatthaocigiaal  popMalkm  ciT  Lydia  came
fnm  Skvia  aad  Patantine,  and  the  Soiptural  name
of  Lad  or  Lodin  hay  have  sana  eonnaiion  widi
llda.   fn  snch  «  esse  am        be  no  longer  surprised
ta  find  Kmos  and  BsIds  among  4m  eovereigns  of  tbe
eeunlry.    But  whatever  connexioa  may  have  snsted
hetwaaa  tbo  Indians  and  the  nations  to  tho  east  of
As  Bnptoatm,  and  frsn  whataver  qoMer  the  arigi-
mI  popubtioa  may  have  com,  it  ia  evtdeot  that  tba
Itffiana  ia  thtf  time  of  Herodotns  wen  no  lafcgor
Oa  sMflsr  inhabitants  of  iht  ancient  Mnonia.  They
M«MM  AoBi  Tfancaand  MaeedoB  with  tha  PkygC-


ana,  Cariana,  and  Mysians,  sod  were  mocfa  mtn-
min^ed  with  the'  Pdasn.  Lel^te,  Caoconei,  and
other  pfiinitive  tribes.— We  now  coma  to  a  period
when  uw  records  of  Lydia  are  more  sore  and  faithful.
