Excerpt from The Eastern, or Old World, Vol. 2: Embracing Ancient and Modern History, France, With Late Revolutions, England, With the History and Description of Australia, Sweden and Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, ItalyFrance, the ancient Gaul, which has long neen one of the most refined and powerful nations on earth, was originally inhabited by an uncivilized race, which probably emigrated from Germany. They lived in the usual primitive manner, by hunting and fishing, and dwelt in miserable huts of wood or clay. Their religious rites, like those of the Britons, were Druidical, and human sacrifices were not unfrequent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.