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1778. guage will be defedlive in other refpc(5ls ; not having words 

 to diftinguifla or exprefs differences which really exift, and 

 hence not fufEciently copious. This was obfcrved to be the 

 cafe, in many inflances, particularly with refpeft to the 

 names of animals. The relation or affinity it may bear to 

 other languages, either on this, or on the Afiatic continent, 

 I have not been able fufficiently to trace, for want of proper 

 fpecimcns to compare it with, except thofe of the Efqui- 

 maux, and Indians about Hudfon's Bay ; to neither of which 

 it bears the leaft refemblance. On the other hand, from the 

 few iMexican words I have been able to procure, there is the 

 moft obvious agreement, in the very frequent terminations 

 of the words in /, tl, or z, throughout the language *." 



The large vocabulary of the Nootka language, collecHied 

 by Mr. Anderfon, fhall be referved for another place f, as 

 its infertion here would too much interrupt our narration. 

 At prefent, I only feledl their numerals, for the fatif- 

 faftion of fuch of our readers as love to compare thofe of 

 different nations, in different parts of the world : 



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* May wc not, in confirmation of Mr. Andcrfon's remark, obferve, that OpulfztH, 

 tUfe Nootka name of the Sun ; and Fiiziputzli, the name of the Mexican Divinity, 

 bavc no very diflant affinity in found ? 



t It will be found at the end of the third volume. 



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