igoo-i.] Spanish Documents Relative to the Canary Islands. 



Pivio Opisama bizitza. 

 Pimo Opisama inhabiting. 



" Pimo, the inhabitant of Opisama," 



It is more than probable that this is the Pimo of No. XII., and that 

 Opisama should be read obi sainatz, the vault, or literally, "the court of 

 the grave." 



INSCRIPTION XIV. 

 Follow the same order, but see final u-ma-ri. 



Otsekoi ait a be Alarte enia eniaitz Ankara bizitzate j umerri. 

 Otsekoi father under Alarte give present Aukara inhabitants 3 

 young cattle. 



" The inhabitants of Aukara give a present of three young cattle 

 to Alarte, under the father of Otsekoi." 



It is possible that aitabe is one word and the same as the modern 

 aitaba, grandfather, in which case the inscription would read "to Alarte 

 the grandfather of Otsekoi," The names are all significant. Aukara 

 is evidently Aukera, the choice, rather than okher, oblique, or ukhur, 

 leaning forward. An instance of the use of the word " choice " in 

 geographical nomenclature is Rogelim in Gilead (II. Samuel, xvii, 

 27, etc.), which is the Gaelic rogh-eallamh, "the choice of the flock." 

 Alarte is the holder of power or authority, and Otsekoi is the ambitious, 

 literally, "desirous of fame." 



