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case with the quite extensive and satisfactory list of words presented 

 in the Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 



The authors of the latter point out the important fact that of the 

 200 Yahgan (Tekenika) words collected by Fitzroy in 1830-32, 120 

 are wholly erroneous, most of them belonging to the Alikuluf 

 tongue. 



In the report of Commander Giacomo Bove (^Patagonia, Terra 

 del Fuoco, Mari Australia Parte i, Geneva, 1883), there is a Yah- 

 gan vocabulary of 164 words. It also was obtained through the 

 instrumentality of Mr. Brydges, and is satisfactorily accurate. 



The Hongote Vocabularies. 



In my previous communication on Fuegian dialects, I quoted two 

 short vocabularies from a MS. in the British Museum said to be from 

 the "Hongote" language, and which, from the paper forming a 

 part of a record relating to Patagonia, I took to be dialects of 

 that region. 



This is the first opportunity I have to correct this error. Dr. 

 Franz Boas has pointed out to me that one vocabulary is clearly 

 Salish, and must have been collected in Fuca strait on the north- 

 west coast. He thinks it may be the Songish dialect, a name 

 which remotely resembles "Hongote." How it came to form a 

 part of a mass of documents relating with this exception wholly to 

 South America, I cannot explain. The other he considers Tlinkit, 

 Under such circumstances and in view of the hundreds of languages 

 on the continent, it is easy to see how such a mistake could occur. 

 I am glad to be able to correct it promptly. 



Stated Meeting, April i, 1893. 



Present, 17 members. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Letters of acknowledgment were received from the Koyal 

 Society of Victoria, Melbourne (135) ; Musce Colonial, Haar- 

 lem, Holland (136) ; Dr. Paul Albrecht, Hamburg, Germany 

 (134); Prof. Guido Cora, Turin, Italy (135) ; Victoria Insti- 



