Brinton.] 



[March 6, 



The word tiesko in the numerals 6, 7, 8, 9, is explained as a form 

 of tingki, "hand." The numeral for "five," singka, sounds sus- 

 piciously like the Spanish cinco ; but I find it also in other Ulva 

 dialects. For "twenty" the Twaka expression is mui aslui, " the 

 man one time," i.e., all the fingers and toes counted at once. 



Their expression of welcome, "How are you?" is parrasta, 

 which explains the name of the Parrastahs, a tribe on the Rio Mico, 

 belonging to the Ulva stock. 



The plural suffix is balna. 



Their term for God, or the Supreme Deity, is Ma papangki, "Sun- 

 father," which indicates that they are, or were, sun-worshipers. 



The Twakas locate the seat of man's life and emotions, not in 

 the heart, as most nations, but in the liver; and they have in con- 

 mon use such expressions as : 



issmg sawram, 

 issing pini, 

 issing sani, 



liver split = angry, 

 liver white = kind, 

 liver hlack = unkind. 



In this they differ from their neighbors, the Musquitos, who employ 

 in such expressions the word kupia, heart. 



