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Numerals. 



The numerals, as given by the two authorities, are as follows : 



Mendoza. Noguera. 



1, tibas, has. 



2, burro, buyo. 



3, guadbd, guatba. 



4, botarro, bota'jio. 



5, panacds, 



These have some afifinities with the Ulvan, but also such differ- 

 ences as to prevent us from supposing that they are identical. 



Cardinal Points. 

 These are expressed by phrases in this manner : 



l^orth, huin-sal-nd/ca ; literally, "Wind, whence it comes." 



South, man-A;a^; " : " Sea, where it is." 



'E-Ast, Ian sal-7}dka ; " "Sun, whence it comes." 



West, lan-kanndanka ; " " Sun, where it goes down." 



The word man in the term for south is doubtless Spanish, these 

 mountaineers probably in their ancient isolation being ignorant 

 of the ocean. 



Construction. 



The subject precedes the verb and often stands in apposition to a 

 pronoun, as : 



Lan caraji kdnnaba, 

 Sun, he goes down. 



^. e., "The sun is going down." 



The object may either precede or follow the verb. 



I am hungry (tengo hamhre), Sepd dainale (N"). 



Shall we cut maguey ? Ouano sirru catjali? 



I make a hammock, Yamiji tail parri. 



Take a seat, Anda kulkane (N). 



The girl held a dish in her hand, Yorrabas dainate barrambas pdnacam. 



The last word, panacam, should probably be analyzed as pana- 

 ca-tn, "hand-in- her," where postposition and possessive pronoun 

 are incorporated with the noun. 



Mendoza gives the following verse, composed by a native youth 

 of Cacaopera. I add an interlinear translation of such words as 

 are clear : 



JJppi iraji ydlaka 



Field this beauliful 



