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the word for my better information. At a subsequent 

 period, I uttered the words in the hearing of others with 

 whom I had had no commimication on the subject of their 

 language. If these understood my expressions, and 

 pointed to the object the word was intended to represent, 

 I took for granted I had obtained with tolerable accuracy 

 the word used by them for that purpose. When I read 

 to them in their own language one of their native songs, 

 they were beyond measure astonished and gratified, fol- 

 lowing the words with their voices, and frequentiy inter- 

 rupting me with shouts of approbation. Their language 

 appears to me to be far from inharmonious, and, when 

 accompanied by a chanting tmie, as in the songs of the 

 women, is pleasing to the ear. 



Pronunciation. 



English sound of a, e, z, 0, n — a (as in ball). 



Tasmanian orthography, e, ?/, z, 0, u — au. 



English, a (as in bar), e (as in left), long sound of a 



(as in pale). 



Tasmanian, a eh 



ai. 



Other sounds according to English modes of spelling. 

 The syllables marked with a long line above are those 

 on which emphasis should be placed. 



Vocabulary. 



Paninnywfithinneh the head. 



Plennerreh warreh the ear. 



Lehpehneh the eyes. 



Minnerreh warreh the nose. 



Kehmyneh the cheek. 



Kehmiinneh the chin. 



Tiikk ehkulla the thigh . 



Yaneh the teeth. 



Myneh the tongue. 



Moneh the lips. 



Kythinneh the skin or hair. 



Nyleh the eyelash. 



Tehnyneh the nail. 



Bullehbyneh the bones. 



Loorenneh the leg. 



Langehneh the foot. 



Langehnehpyneh-wathinneh the toes. 



