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Tenth. The children of my coUateral brothers, and of my female cousins, E(jo a 

 male, are my sons and daughters ; and of my collateral sisters, and of my male 

 cousins, are my sons and daughters ; and the children of each are my grand- 

 children. In this manner the collateral line is merged in the lineal. 



It is impossible to mistake the identity of the Teliigu with the Tamilian form, 

 or to fail of perceiving the same rigorous application of the principles of classifica- 

 tion. Some changes have occurred in their nomenclatures of relationship in the 

 lapse of ages ; but the terms, for the most part, are the same words dialcctically 

 changed. The two dialects have been distinct for centuries, and the two systems 

 independent of each other for the same period of time ; but it is still manifest that 

 both the system and the terms were derived from the same original source. From 

 this fact an impression is obtained of the antiquity as well as permanence of the 

 Turanian system. It is seen to have perpetuated itself, in two independent 

 channels, from the period when these dialects became distinct ; and that the two 

 forms, in Avhatever is radical, are still identical not only but also coincident in 

 nearly all of their subordinate details. 



3. Canarese. Whatever has been said of the Telugu is substantially true with 

 respect to the Canarese. The three peoples numbering upwards of tw.enty-seven 

 millions, have subjected the system through force of numbers to an unusual test. 

 If a system so elaborate in its structure has been able to maintain itself for ages 

 without material innovation it affords decisive evidence of the vitality of its radi- 

 cal forms, and of its ability to perpetuate itself through long perio.ds of time. It 

 will be sufficient for a comparison of the Canarese with the Tamilian system to 

 present the indicative relationships. 



First Indicative Feature. My brother's son and daughter. Ego a male, are my 

 son and daughter. With Ego a female, they are my nephew and niece. 



Second. My sister's son and daughter. Ego a male, are my nephew and niece. 

 With Ego a female, they are my son and daughter. 



Third. My father's brother is my father. He is also distinguished as my great 

 or little father, as he is older or younger than my own father. 



Fourth. My father's brother's son and daughter are my brother and sister, elder 

 or younger. 



Fifth. My father's sister is my aunt. Her children are my cousins. 



Sixth. My mother's brother is my uncle. His children are my cousins. 



Seventh. My mother's sister is my mother. She is also distinguished as great 

 or little, as she is older or younger than my own mother. 



Eighth. My mother's sister's son and daughter are my brother and sister, elder 

 or younger. 



Ninth. My grandfiither's brother is my grandfather. 



Tenth. The grandchildren of my own brothers and sisters, of my collateral 

 brothers and sisters, and of my cousins, are, without distinction, my grandchildren. 



The marriage relationships in both Canarese and Telugu are in general agree- 

 ment with the Tamilian. 



Presumptively the same system of relationship prevails amongst the peoples who 

 speak the six remaining dialects of the Dravidian language. The form, as it now 



