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me, be expected as a natural occurrence. Dr. G. M. Dawson was so 
much of this opinion that he spontaneously sent me for corrections his 
Vocabularies of the Thajthan and the Ti-tco’-tina dialects (Annual Report 
Geol. Survey, Canada, 1887). Unhappily my work in that connection 
having been of a private nature, Dr. Dawson’s every error has been faith- 
fully reproduced in the reprint by Dr. Boas of the first named Vocabulary. 
To these circumstances are undoubtedly attributable several of Dr. 
Campbell’s mistakes, though a careful perusal of my own Vocabulary 
and accompanying notes, published at a later date, would have prevented 
most of them. Such being the case, and to avoid the recurrence of 
similar errors, I have thought it of use to note the principal faults to be 
found in Dr. Dawson’s Vocabularies. I do not vouch for the perfect 
accuracy of the words not mentioned, nor indeed for those parts of the 
corrected words left unaltered. I merely correct evident and essential 
errors. Apart from such corrections, Dr. Dawson’s spelling remains intact. 
For the sake of briefness I give the faulty words under their corrected 
form only. 
English. Thajthan.  Titco' tina. Remarks. 
Father ethe’-uh atha’-a Not my father, but father (vocative). Same re- 
mark applies to synonyms of mother. 
My head estsi 
My neck es'’kos 
My foot esKuh’ esKia’ 
My bone est’sen’ est’sun’-uh 
Village Ké-ye’ Kon’-a This last word means ‘‘ house,” not “ village.” 
My husband eskuh-lé’-na sKe-le-na The szze which in Dawson’s Vocabulary precedes 
this word, and the three that follow imme- 
diately, means ego, /, me, and recalls to mind 
' the Chinook nazka, probably used by the 
enguirer towards his interpreter. It is al- 
together foreign to the words wherein it is 
incorporated in Dawson's Vocabulary. 
Daylight ye-Ka’ 
Wind it’si’ i't’si’ 
Fire Kon . Kun 
Water thoo thoo 
Ice thenn thun 
River thoo-désa  thoo-za-za_ This last word means literally: little water. 
Leaf e'tane’ a’tona 
Grass ’kloah ’klo-ye 
Feathers _ t’sosh me-t’sosa The proper spelling of these words is probably 
‘gosh; me-t’'gosa. The clicking sound is 
essential. These words mean ‘down,’ not 
feathers ; me-t’sosa means ‘its down.” 
Mosquito _ t’sih t'si-a 
Three tha-te tha-di-da 
Thirty that-tsosnan 
