From extending _farther_ than Hungary they were prevented by the two great victories of Henry the Fowler in 935 A.D. Those who would connect the present Hungarians with the Huns of Attila, must also make the Huns Ugrian; since no fact is more undeniable than the Ugrian character of the Majiars. The reasons against this have been given already. They are, undoubtedly, scanty. Still they preponderate over those of the other view; which consist only in inferences from the term _Hungary_. Lest these be over-rated, two facts should be remembered:-- 1st.--That the name is Russian and _not_ native. 2nd.--That the -_n_- is no original part of the word; the older Slavonic forms being _Ugri_, _Uhri_, and only in the later dialects, _Ungri_. The Majiars must necessarily be a very mixed race; their country having been that of the old Pannonian population (probably Slavonic); of the Romans of both the eastern and western empire; of the Goths, the Huns, the Avars, the Gepidæ, and the Comanians. This is what history suggests. To have _assumed_ an intermixture, for the sake of accounting for the physical and moral difference between such extreme Ugrian forms as the Majiar and Laplander, would have been illegitimate. In reality, however, the difference between the Majiar and Lap, is less remarkable than that between the Lap and Finlander; since, in this latter case, the contrast is _nearly_ as great, whilst the climatologic conditions are less dissimilar. The Majiar is the only member of the Ugrian family, which has effected, within the historical period, a permanent conquest over any portion of the _Iapetidæ_. The Ugrians supply a good example of what may be called _a receding frontier_. Their area has at one time been greater than at present. Southwards and westwards it was once prolonged. Hence, the Ugrian has been displaced, or encroached upon by others. It is well to note this. It is better still to take it in conjunction (or contrast) with the Turk area. There the _frontier has encroached_. At an earlier period it was less extensive than at present. In one quarter, perhaps in others, the Ugrian frontier has encroached, _i.e._ on that of the Majiars. In one quarter, perhaps in others, the Turk frontier has receded, _i.e._ the Comani have become either extinct or a mixed breed in Hungary. Nevertheless, as a rule, the Turks frontier has encroached; the Ugrian receded. The practical application of this distinction is wide. When we know whether a given family habitually extends, or habitually contracts its area, we know what will be the probable distribution of the unfixed ancient tribes on the frontier. In the critical ethnology of the classical writers many problems must be worked in this way; the inferences in the two alternatives being diametrically the reverse of each other.