1770. 



ROUND THE WORLD. 



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English. 



Thefnger, 



The belly. 



The navel, 



Come hither, 



Fish, 



A lobster, 



Coccos, 



Sweet potatoes, 



Yams, 



Birds, 



No, 



One, 



Two, 



Three, 



Four, 



Five, 



Six, 



Seven, 



Eight, 



Nine, 



Ten, 



The teeth, 



The wind, 



A thief, 



To examine, 



To sing, 



Bad, 



Trees, 



Grandfather, 



What do you 



call this or 



that, 



New Zealand. 

 Northern, Southern. 



I 



Owy Terra, 



Otaheite. 



Maneow, 



Oboo. 



Peto. 



Herromai. 



Eyea. 



Tooura. 



Taro. 



Cumala. 



Tuphwhe. 



Mannu. 



Oure. 



Tahai. 



Rua. 



Torou. 



Hea. 



Rema. 



Orio. 



Hetu. 



Warou. 



Heva. 



Ah ou rou. 



Nihio. 



Mattai. 



Teto. 



Mataitai. 



Heiva. 



Eno. 



Eraou. 



Toubouna. 



Owy Terra, 



By this specimen, I think it appears to demonstra- 

 tion that the language of New Zealand and Otaheite 

 is radically the same. The language of the northern 

 and southern parts of New Zealand differs chiefly in 

 the pronunciation, as the same English word is pro- 

 nounced gate in Middlesex, and gedte in Yorkshire : 

 and as the southern and northern words were not 

 written down by the same person, one might possibly 



