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to an untimely end. The sympathising observer is 

 particularly struck with this instance of the utter help- 

 lessness of these wretched creatures, and finds his mind 

 mechanically directed to the adoption of such measures 

 as are calculated to improve their state and to establish 

 that union and brotherly concord which w^e as Christians, 

 (P. 14) regarding- them as the unfortunate creatures of the same 

 Divine hand, should spare no pains to accomplish.] 



\\'eentiennar, partroltiennar — wood ashes; martiel- 

 cootenar, nonermeenar — to dig; partrollarne, lennar, 

 loeenar — musket; tooyar (adopted) — soldier; nonghenar 

 — to run; larnar, teewartear, noeenar — stone; crackernee 

 — sit down; parconiack, peemar — presently; tagurner — 

 to go; penneagurner, neoonendenar — seaw^eed; warter- 

 poolyar, nemeener — lazy; caranner — be cjuiet; arrocare! 



/p j-^ — an exclamation denoting surprise; lagueropperne-^evil 

 spirit. [The blacks of this country, in common wim all 

 other ignorant and unenlightened people, are prone to 

 superstition. Thus, they impute to the malignant agency 

 of an evil and overwhelming spirit all the misfortunes 

 and calamities which befall them, a great many of which 

 are doubtless owing to that state of awful wretchedness 

 out of which it hath not yet pleased the Almighty to 

 call them. They believe in supernatural appearances, and 

 have evinced a decided abhorrence on seeing the carcase 

 of a dog which had been hanged. The unfledged 

 imagination in such instances becomes tainted, and gives, 



(P. 16) place to dreams, the delusive tendency of wdiich to a 

 rude mind may be supposed to inculcate a reality. Their 

 belief in ghosts no doubt originates in this very circum- 

 stance.] 



Perrerpenner, lugurperneller — to throw; martillar 

 (adopted), mutton; neunkenar — to see; wongherne — to 

 stay; marrarwar — to suck; crackerpucker, tarnur — to kill 

 or break; ninghenne — to arrest or take away; planghener 

 — to put or place; coorroo! — an exclamation; marnder — 

 there; trarwernar — to go; parragonee — to give away; 

 (P i") peunerminner, leallerminner — a scorbutic complaint of an 

 irritating nature to which the natives are subject. [In 

 some stages it is really dreadful, and covers the suiTerer 

 with one complete and solid mass of corruption from 

 head to foot. It is also infectious. The natives are 

 sensible of its approach, and where a plurality are 



