1S851 410 [Gatschet. 



an advanced age atToulinguet, Notre Dame Bay (Mr. Peyton died in 1883, 

 over 90 years old), took peculiar charge of Shanandithit and states that 

 drawings made by her are still extant. From her and other sources 

 Cormack obtained a vocabulary, which seems more reliable and phonetic- 

 ally more accurate than the one obtained from Mary March. The pho- 

 netics of Beothuk impressed Cormack as "resembling less the other 

 Indian languages than the European ;" by the latter he probably meant 

 those spoken upon the British Islands. Together with Beothuk imple- 

 ments, etc., he sent it to the address of Dr. Yates, England. 



Further comments on the language, ethnologic and historic remarks on 

 this curious people are reserved for a subsequent article. Below I repro- 

 duce the terms written in the same manner as transmitted, using the fol- 

 lowing abbreviations : 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



C. — Cormack's vocabulary ; obtained from Shanandithit and others. 



Howl. — Corrections of Leigh's printed vocabulary from his own manu- 

 script, made by Mr. James P. Howley. 



K. — Vocabulary of Dr. King, transmitted by Rob. Gordon Latham, 

 London, in April, 1883. The words were probably furnished by Shanan- 

 dithit to Cormack. 



No Letter. — Rev. John Leigh's vocabulary, obtained from Demasduit. 



VOCABULARY. 



a-aduth seal-spear, C. Cf. amina. 



abemite gaping. 



abideshook ; abedesoot K, domestic cat ; cf. bidesook. 



abidish "martin cat," marten. Micmacs call him cat ; the whites of New- 

 foundland call a young seal : cat or harp-seal, because a white de- 

 sign visible on their backs resembles a harp. 



abobidress/ea</iers/ cf. ewinon. 



abodoneek honnet, C. abadungeyk hat K. 



adadimite or adadimiute ; andemin K. spoon ; cf. a-enamin. 



adamadret ; adamatret K. gun, rifle. 



adenishit stars ; cf. shawwayet a star K. 



adizabad zea ichite wife. 



adjith to sneeze. 



adoltkhtek, adolthtek K., adolthe ; odeothyke C. boat, vessel. Seems to 

 imply the idea of being pointed or curved ; cf a-aduth, adothook ; 

 dhoorado, tapathook. 



adosook K., aa-dazook C. eight; ee-aa-dazook ei^r/t^eera, C. 



adothook ; adooch K. fishhook. 



adzeech K. ; adasic ; adzeich C, two ; ee-adzike twelve, C. ; adzeich dtho- 

 onut twenty C. 



aduse leg ; adyoulh foot K. 



aenamin hone, C. 



