Gatschet.] 41J [May 7, 



the Secretary of the R. G-. S. was Capt. A. Maconochie of the Navy, when 

 he emigrated to Tasmania (died there, 1861). He took an interest in 

 philology and I think the vocabulary of Beothuk must have belonged to 

 him personally, and not to the Society." 



The other vocabulary of Capt. Robinson I have obtained through the 

 kindness of Mr. James P. Howley. Having ascertained that there was in 

 the library of the British Museum a pamphlet entitled, "A History of 

 Mary March (Waunathoake), together with a vocabulary of the Boethuck 

 Language," Mr. Howley had it carefully copied by one of his brothers, 

 then stopping in the British metropolis. The description of Mary March 

 etc., contained in it is from memory, for the paper winds up as follows : 

 " I have written these notes from the recollection of conversations with 

 Mr. Leigh, at Harbor Grace, several weeks ago, and I regret that I neg- 

 lected to note them before many interesting particulars had escaped my 

 memory. Hercules Robinson, H. M. Ship "Favorite;" at sea, November 

 7th, 1820." The Captain remarks, that the woman showed a remarkable 

 aptitude to obtain a knowledge of English, and her powers of mimicry 

 were so acute she either understood or conveyed her meaning by signs 

 when language failed her, with great calmness. To conclude from this 

 that Robinson saw Mary March himself, would be entirely wrong, for the 

 date of November 7, 1820, does not agree with that of her presence at St. 

 John's ; nor is the vocabulary in the pamphlet anything else but a hasty 

 copy of Leigh's collection, with a few additional words obtained from that 

 clergyman. Its 133 terms are reproduced in full below ; wherever there 

 are two terms, the one copied from the Robinson pamphlet in London 

 stands second in order. 



Whether Capt. Robinson has copied the same vocabulary which "White- 

 way, the pilot of St. John's, Newfoundland, afterwards loaned to Rev. 

 Lloyd (see Lloyd's first article, p. 23) or another, the chief merit of his 

 two printed collections is that of confirming the fact, that Leigh's vocabu- 

 lary was really obtained from Mary March, for Robinson's paper is dated 

 three years before Nancy was brought to St. John's. 



ROBINSON'S VOCABULARIES COMBINED. 



abidemasheek hake-apple ; the New- aparita bedesook sunken seal (prob- 



foundland name of a wild fruit. ably : aparit abedesook). 



abidish martin-cat, marten. awoodet singing. 



abodoesic/owr. abkashamesh boy. 



abodonee bonnet. barodiisick thunder. 



abusthibit to kneel. bathue ; bathuc rain. 



adadiminte spoon. beatathunt gunpowder. 



adasic two. bedesook seal. 



adiab wood. bedisoni ; bedesoni sword. 



adothe boat, vessel. begodor heart. 



agamot buttons ; money. begomot ; begomat breast. 



amamoose woman. besdic smoke. 



