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'777- of the country. And if there be any force in this obferva- 



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« ^- — I tion, while it traces the origin of the people, it will, at the 



fame time, ferve to fix another point, if Captain Cook and 

 Captain Fourneaux have not already decided it, that New 

 Holland is no where totally divided by the fea into illands, 

 as fome have imagined *. 



As the New Hollanders fceni all to be of the fame extrac- 

 tion, fo neither do I think there is any thing peculiar in 

 them. On the contrary, they much refemble many of the 

 inhabitants whom I have feen at the iflands Tanna and 

 Manicola. Nay, there is even forae foundation for hazard- 

 ing a fuppofition, that they may have originally come from 

 the fame place with all the inhabitants of the South Sea. 

 For, of only about ten words which we could get from 

 them, that which expreffes coM, differs little from that of 

 New Zealand and Otaheite ; the firfl being Mallareede, the 

 fecond Makkareede^ and the third Ma'reede. The reft of 

 our very fcanty Van Diemen's Land Vocabulary is as fol- 

 lows: 



Quadne, -A ivoman. 



Eve'rai, The eye, 



Muidje, The nofe. 



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



Lae'renne, Afmall bird, a native of the ivcods here» 



Koy'gee, "^he ear. 



No'onga, Elevated fears on the body. 



Teegera, To eat. 



Toga'rago, I mujl be gone, or, I luill go. 



Their pronunciation is not difagreeable, but rather quick; 

 though not more fo than is that of other nations of the 



* Dampier feems to be of this opinion. Vol. iii. p. 104. 125. 



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