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ALFEED J. HALL : 



B. — KwAGIUfL. 



4. Mâdïtlbî Havannah Channel. 



5. Danâkdâiw Knigld's Inlet. 



(). Tlfiwïtsïs Thirner Iskvid. 



7. Mâmrilîlîkula Village Island. 



8. Numkis .Alert Bay. 



9. Zâwâda-înfU'W Kingcombe Inlel. 



10. Kwagiutl Fori Rupert. 



11. Kûskïmûhw and GwâzinûAnv Kivaldno Sound. 



VI. Kfigw iikdaiw Blunden Hurbuur. 



13. Klfiklasikwila ■.• . Hope Inland. 



14. Gwasila ■. Smith's Inlet. 



PHONOLOtiY. 



There are twenty letters iu the Kwagiutl alphabet, five vowels aud fifteen consonants. 

 The vowels are «, e, i, o, u. The consonants are b, d, g, //, k, I, m, n, p, .s, t, iv, x, y, z. The 

 consonants c,f,j, q, r aud v, are not required. The Indians find great difficulty iu pro- 

 nouncirg /, /■ aud v. \Yheu attempting to say Jiomers they invariably pronounce it 

 ";?lowers" ; iu a similar manner, river is pronounced "/iver" ; Ji//, ";^ly," and very, "belly." 



I. — Vowel Sounds. 

 The vowels most in use are a, i and ?/, while e and o are seldom required 



IT. — Consonant Sounds. 



There are six (ionsonants that are often difficult to distinguish as pronounced by the 

 Indians, viz, : b aud /; .• (/ aud t ; g and k. Even when they write letters iu their own 



