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Pickering on the Language and Inhabitants 
Dialogue between Horace Holden and his Master, Parabua. 
Holden. Parabua, gir za woshito a 
nang wor a prail, nang za bito Inglish; 
nang za mumma tidi a Tobi za purik, 
taw a mukka wor Tobi; wor Inglish 
pipi a mukka, pipi, pipi; gir za woshi- 
to a nang wor a pra nang za li a gir 
pipi a pang-ul, pipi a ligo’, pipi a mil- 
libadi; gir tai woshito a nang za puruk 
wor a Tobi gir taw a pishu. 
Parabua. Ha! nang tal woshito a 
gur; gur titri timma; gir tang a ni 
nang a pang-ul; Pitir Inglish yipilif, 
gur yipilif, mari a Inglish yipilif sina- 
messen’; tumma man Inglish; gir 
mimma tidi wor Tobi, za purtk a Tobi. 
H. Parabua, if you will put me on 
board of a ship, I will go to England; 
if I remain at Tobi (Lord North’s), 
I shall die, for there is nothing to 
eat on Tobi; in England, much food, 
much, much; and if you will put me 
on board of a ship, I will give you 
much iron, many clothes, and much 
brass; if you do not put me (on board) 
I shall die on Tobi, and you (will get) 
no iron. 
P. Ah! Iwill not let you go; you 
talk bad; yon will not give me any iron; 
Peter Inglish is a thief, you are a 
thief, all Englishmen (are) thieves and 
liars; Englishmen (are) bad men; you 
(are) to stay on Tobi, to die on Tobi. 
Another Dialogue between the same Persons. 
P. Timit, gir za bito Inglish gir 
za ni mari Tobia pang-ul yenntip waisa 
tibiriika yennip a tipoi a wawsa, a ligo’, 
kai ika, zis a pishu’ a tit a tiv’vatif, a 
miullibadi, za bito Tobi za li wir’timum 
a gur? 
HZ, Mla, nang za bito Inglish nang 
za ni mari Tobi a pang-tl yennup, a 
tipoi, a wawsa, a ligo’, kati ika zis a 
pishu’, a tit, a tuv’vatif, a millibadi, 
za bito Tobi, za li wir’timiim a nang. 
P. Git za bito Inglish gir di mim- 
ma tidi wor Inglish, taw borobito Tobi, 
gur za yuwun; timma taw mipir klo 
dungarangus. 
H Nang za bito Inglish, nang dak 
mimma tidi wor Inglish, nang za bito 
Tobi. 
P. Horace, if you go to England, will 
you give the men of Tobi iron of a large 
size, as big as a stick of wood, and big 
axes, and knives, and cloth, and fish- 
hooks, an anvil and hammer, and nee- 
dles, a trunk, and brass, and then come 
back to Tobi and give them to your 
father ? 
H. Yes, 1 will go to England, and I 
will give to the men of Tobi iron of a 
large size, and big axes, and knives, 
and cloth, and fish-hooks, an anvil, and 
needles, and trunks, and brass, and then 
come back to Tobi and give them to my 
father. 
P. If you go to England, you will 
stop (sleep) there, and not return to 
Tobi; this (will be) bad and not friend- 
ly, and you will be a bad man. 
H. If I go to England, I will not 
stop (sleep) there, but return to Tobi 
immediately. 
