86. The Count de Buat is satisfied that the Germans who
invaded Gaul were the two-thirds that yet remained of the
army of Radagaisus. See the Histoire Ancienne des Peuples de
l'Europe (tom. vii. p. 87, 121, Paris, 1772), an elaborate
work, which I had not the advantage of perusing till the
year 1777. As early as 1771, I find the same idea expressed
in a rough draught of the present History. I have since
observed a similar intimation in Mascou (viii. 15). Such
agreement, without mutual communication, may add some weight
to our common sentiment.