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THE NORMAN VOCABULARY. 



After exercising this weapon to disengage the fish from 

 the rock, she rises to obtain breath, and then repeats the 

 operation, till she has succeeded in filHng her basket.] 



Neunkenar, plegurtethar, nebbelteethenar — eye. [The 

 natives of this country are wonderfully apt in distinguish- 

 ing objects at a distance. In this they may be said to 

 compete with any people of the world. Their sense of 

 hearing is equally remarkable; and here, we cannot help 

 tracing the goodness of God, in providing for these 

 benighted people such blessings as are meet to secure 

 them from want, and to render them happy beings in 

 common with the rest of the human creation.] 



Temokenur — to drink. [I am not aware that the 

 natives have discovered any herbs which are capable of 

 producing an exhilarating decoction. It has been found, 

 however, that in connection with the rest of the human 

 species, they soon contract a fondness for spirituous 

 liquors, and are equally liable to its concomitant effects.] 



Mokerloobrer — mouth; tegurner — to eat; teemurlad- 

 denarne — ear; toppeltee — go; dereuner, neandrarner— 

 trinket. [The natives are very proud of ornaments, and 

 set a particular value on knives. These thev use in 

 dissecting their food, and seem to be fully aware of its 

 superior properties as a carving utensil.] 



Plonerpurtick — hungry, or, empty stomach; narner- 

 minner, ragurner, parlerterminner — hand; langoonar — 

 foot; neucougular, neugolar, picrackernar, peecackerle- 

 marner — head ; weenar, weenarnarne — wood ; partroller 

 — fire. [The natives in the interior obtain a fire by 

 rubbing together two pieces of wood — one green and 

 one dry — till the wood ignites by friction.] 



Rorertherwartenar — grass; plegurner, lurerener — leg; 

 tooweenyar, larthethelar, warkellenner, larthertegurner-* 

 sun, moon; toorar — rain; noonwartenar, eularminner — ■ 

 smoke; marlerpootenar, nornergoodenar — poultry; 

 blagurdeddiar, wordiack — dead. [The mode of disposing 

 of the dead seems to differ in this country. To the 

 southward the body is committed to the flames. As soon 

 as life is extinct a pile is erected and the body left to 

 consume. It is very common for the mourner to preserve 

 the ashes of the deceased by enclosing them in a piece 

 of kangaroo skin (the fur side inwards), and girding 



