And in the south-west of France, where the population was furthest removed from the invasions of the Gauls, Ostrogoths, and Visigoths, the Basques continued to preserve their language,--the Basques, who are supposed by Canon Isaac Taylor to be the direct descendants of the Etruscans.
The descendants of the Gauls, however, constitute the mass of the people in Central France.

The Gauls, or Galatians, are supposed to have come from the central district of Asia Minor.

They were always a warlike people.

In their wanderings westward, they passed through the north of Italy and entered France, where they settled in large numbers.

Dr.
Smith, in his Dictionary of the Bible, says that "Galatai is the same word as Keltici," which indicates that the Gauls were Kelts.