OF CERTAIN ENGLISH WORDS. 157 



It is unnecessary to adduce other instances of this kind. — 

 Many more might be adduced, and will be mentioned in the 

 Second Part ot" my New Views, winch is preparing for the press. 

 If those which I have mentioned should be deemed of any im- 

 portance to you, I shall, in a future letter, communicate ano- 

 ther collection. I am well aware, that these inquiries are re- 

 mote from our immediate professional pursuits; but they are not 

 remote from our inquiries as naturalists. The study of the phy- 

 sical history, that is of the figure, complexion, &c, of man- 

 kind, should go hand in hand with a comparison of the lan- 

 guages of the earth. The most finished Anthropobgia, such an 

 one as Pallas could give us, will be constructed, in a consider- 

 able degree, upon the affinities of languages, 



I am, Dear Sir, 



with much respect, 

 Your Friend, &c. 

 BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON. 



Thomas Beddoes, 

 M. D. F. R 



S.J 



Philadelphia, October 20th, 1803. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



You will observe, that the preceding words in the langua- 

 ges of the Americans are written in two different kinds of let- 

 ters, viz. Roman and Italic. 'I he former, which are fewest 

 in number, were all collected by myself: the latter are either 

 taken from printed books or have been collected for me by my 

 friends, in different parts of the United-Mates. Most of tiie 

 words in the Asiatic and other languages, are taken from 

 the Vocabularia Comparativa of Professor Pallas. It is much 

 to be regretted, that this very important work has not been 



