But there is no reason to regard either this or Park_ham_ or any of the other instances of the terminal-_ham_ which are found here, as being referable to a Teutonic source, any more than is the case with the hams in Somerset, and as regards the instance of Nort_ham_ itself, it is interesting to note that (except the omitted _ton_) we have here the actual name of Northam[p]ton, in which Camden expressly insists that the _ham_ is _afon_. If we now proceed to the South Hams, we reach an extensive tract of land presenting the same characteristic features as those generally observed in connection with the name of _Ham_, where it occurs in the situations already alluded to, and which do not correspond either to an enclosure or a home. We find it, for example, stated in Chapple that “about Teignmouth, Dartmouth, Totness, Modbury, Plymouth, Ashburton, and all those parts of the country which are called the South Hams, the lands are generally of a different kind from any of the former,” &c. (p. 20). Now it is manifest that such an extensive tract of country as that to which the term “South Hams” is here applied cannot possibly claim to be regarded in the light of a home, or an enclosure. On investigating more closely the district known as the _South Hams_, it will be found to possess many points of special interest. Here the name _Ham_, as associated with the presence of _rivers_, receives abundant illustration; a considerable portion of the South Hams lying between the rivers Dart and Erme, and through the centre of this runs the River _Avon_, which by its name lends confirmation to the view here maintained as to the occasional derivation of the name of Ham from the Celtic. Along the course of this river it will be seen that the names of _ham_ and _avon_ seem almost to alternate, or are at least promiscuously intermingled, thus affording additional evidence of their being cognate to each other, and of their common origin. We have, for example, the name of _Ham_ alone, and of _Aveton_ (_Avon-ton_) alone, of _Aveton_ (_Avon-ton_) Gifford, of Bickham, _Topsham_ Bridge, Hend_ham_, and further on of _Avon_neigh, and lastly of Bant_ham_, occurring at the very mouth of the _Avon_. Another feature of considerable interest in connection with the South Hams of Devon, and pointing in a direction confirmatory of the views here advanced, is the fact that the Cornu-British language continued in use in this district long after it had ceased to be spoken in the other parts of the surrounding country. This fact is noticed by Polwhele both in his “Historical Views of Devonshire,” 1791, and in his “History of Cornwall,” whilst Drew affirms that the Cornu-British was spoken here in the time of Edward I. (1272-1307). It is deserving of notice also that an interesting note by F. W. P. Jago in reference to this question has lately appeared in the second volume of the “Western Antiquary” (pp. 202, 203).