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point, if Captain Cook and Captain Furneaux have 

 not already decided it, that New Holland is no where 

 totally divided by the sea into islands, as some have 

 imagined.* 



" As the New Hollanders seem all to be of the same 

 extraction, so neither do I think there is any thing 

 peculiar in them. On the contrary, they much re- 

 semble many of the inhabitants whom I have seen at 

 the islands Tanna and Manicola. Nay, there is even 

 some foundation for hazarding a supposition, that they 

 may have originally come from the same place with 

 all the inhabitants of the South Sea. For, of only 

 about ten words which we could get from them, that 

 which expresses cold, differs little from that of New 

 Zealand and Otaheite; the first being Mallareede, 

 the second Makka'reede, and the third Ma'reede. 

 The rest of our very scanty Van Diemen's Land 

 Vocabulary is as follows: 



Quadne, A woman. 



Eve'rai, The eye. 



Muidje, The nose. 



Ka'my, The teeth, mouth, or tongue. 



T , (A small bird, a native of the woods 



JLae renne, < -, u 



9 \ here. 



Koy'gee, The ear. 



No'onga, Elevated scars on the body. 



Teegera, To eat. 



Toga'rago, / must be gone, or I will go. 



" Their pronunciation is not disagreeable, but rather 

 quick; though not more so than is that of other 

 nations of the South Sea; and, if we may depend 

 upon the affinity of languages as a clue to guide us in 

 discovering the origin of nations, I have no doubt 

 but we shall find, on a diligent inquiry, and when 

 opportunities offer to collect accurately a sufficient 



* Dampier seems to be of this opinion. Vol. Hi. p. 104. 125. 



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