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the same words in the Siwah, as given us from Hornemann by 

 Mr. Marsden : 



Thus we have accumulated proofs that three nations re- 

 siding at opposite ends of the peninsula of Africa speak dia- 

 lects of the same language, radically ditterent from those 

 which surround them, and peculiarities have begun to be ob- 

 served in its grammatical forms, which lead to the conclusion 

 that this must be an original idiom, whicli once extended 

 over a much larger surface of country. That the Tuarycks, 

 who reside between these nations, speak a similar dialect, 

 we are informed by Mr. Hornemann, who no doubt had it 

 from good authority? but we have not yet the means of in- 

 stituting an actual comparison. Of the Tibbo we know no- 

 thing, but that this people exists, and that it differs in colour 

 and features from the other Berbers, and therefore probably 

 in language. It is to be hoped that intelligent travellers will 

 add to the stock of our information respecting them. I ex- 

 pect much from Mr. Shaler's inquiries and exertions, parti- 

 cularly if this Society should feel an interest in his re- 

 searches. 



In order to make Mr. Shaler's vocabularies more useful, 

 I have arranged them in alphabetical order in a tabular form, 

 and have added in a separate column the vocabulary of the 

 same language (the Showiah) by Dr. Shaw. What farther 

 information I have received from Mr. Shaler, not contained 

 in his letters, I have subjoined in the form of notes, and from 

 a wish to make this communication as complete as possible 

 on the subject of which it treats, I liave translated from the 

 Mitbridates Professor Vater's account of the grammatical 



