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mother^ son, daughter; and Adrar, mountain, that corre- 

 sponds exactly with the Siwah and Shilha of Hornemann 

 and Maisden. I have two other words of the short list of 

 the latter, viz, sun, Jetig, and cow, Tesley, which are entire- 

 ly different. In Jitig the / has the sound of the Spanish Jo- 

 ta. Respecting tlie Biscaries, as they have no language to 

 investigate, I can only repeat what I have heretofore said, 

 that their appearance and manners are purely African, while 

 the Kabyles resemble in both the peasantry of the north of 

 Europe. 



i5th Februarij. \ herewith have the pleasure of transmit- 

 ting to you a beginning of a vocal)ulary of tlie language of 

 the Kabyles of this kingdom. I have had the good fortune 

 to interest in this pursuit a Swedish gentleman attached to 

 the consulate of his nation here, who is a man of considera- 

 ble regular instruction and possesses some knowledge of the 

 Arabic. His translations are given by him in English, and 

 in addition to the lists of words, he has given me many valu- 

 able explanations. My other co-adjutor is an intelligent He- 

 brew, well acquainted with the Arabic, but with whom 1 com- 

 municate in French. I trust that in future I shall be able to 

 explain the discrepancies which are found between the two 

 lists. I have already an impression that they arise in a mea- 

 sure from the abundance of the language. At present I send 

 them as 1 received them, not daring to trust myself with 

 making any correction in either ; for the sounds are probably 

 recorded as they struck the ear respectively : it is also pro- 

 bable that our alphabet is unequal to rendering tlie exact pro- 

 nunciation of this language. You will remark, however, that 

 they are both sufficiently distinct to prove i^s identity with 

 the vocabularies of Hornemann and Marsden. Then it ap- 

 pears to me establisiied beyond a doubt, that this language is 

 spoken by the inhabitants of the mountains of Morocco, 

 (Shillah of Marsden,) at the Oasis of Jupiter Amnion, (Shvah 

 of Hornemann,) and by the Tnnrychs, who are represented 

 by Hornemann as a great and powerful people, extending to 

 the neighbourhood of Tombuctoo. Captain Lyon speaks of 



