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I might extend this list almost indefinitely, biit I think enough 

 radicals have been given to show the mai-ked lexicographical similarities 

 between these two lano^uao-es. Nor are these Chinese similarities con- 

 fined to the vocabulary, they extend to the morphology of the language 

 as well, and the characteristic methods of denomination in Chinese find 

 their exact counterpart in the first three of the four classes of nouns into 

 which, according to Father Morice, — than whom there is no higher 

 authority — the nouns in the Dené language may be divided. 



It is m}^ intention to offer a fuller paper on these Asian affinities 

 later. Our lack of analytical knowledge of the language of British 

 Columbia makes it difficult at times to proceed and be sure of one's 

 ground. The Dené radicals here otfered are some of those given by 

 Father Morice, and may, therefore, be considered correct. The Chinese 

 terms are either from Edkin, or from local Cantonese, the dialect of 

 which, as Edkin has pointed out, is a purer and more archaic form of 

 Chinese than the court or literary forms. 



