of Lord North’s Island. 
P. Gir tuay gora bito Inglish; gir 
mori purtik wor a tat, gir tay bito To- 
bi. 
Hf, Ha! nang yegora bito Inglish, 
taw mori puruk wor a tat. 
P. Gur ani a pra wor Inglish, pipi 
a pang-iil, a ligo’, karapa, a vaiva pipi, 
a mari pipi, a labo ? 
H, Mla, nang yiwo’ a pratt wor Ing- 
lish, pipi a pang-tl, a ligo’, karapa, a 
vaiva, pipi a mari, pipi a labo. 
P. Timit, gir za bito Inglish gir 
tay bito Tobi, mari Tobi za titri Yarris, 
gir mori purik. 
H. Nang za bito Inglish, nang di 
mumma tidi, a turt za bito Tobi. 
P. Timit, gir za bito vene Yarris, 
gir tay bito, gr mori puruk. 
H, Tir pay; nang za bito. 
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P. You do not know the way to Eng- 
land ; you will die (or be lost) at sea, 
and not come to Tobi. 
H. Aye, I do know the way to Eng- 
land; I shall not die (or be lost) at sea. 
P. Have you got ships in England, 
and a great deal of iron, and cloths, 
and cocoa-nuts, and many men, women, 
and children ? 
H. Yes, I have got ships in Eng- 
land, much iron, and cloths, and cocoa- 
nuts, and women, and a great many 
men and children. 
P. Horace, if you goto England, 
and do not come back to Tobi, the men 
of Tobi will talk to God, and you will 
die. bs 
H. I will go to England and stop a 
short time (i. e. sleep there), and shall 
return to Tobi. 
P. Horace, if you do not goto Yar- 
ris’s house (i. e. the place of worship), 
you will die. 
HT, Wait a minute; I will go. 
** Tt was the intention of the author of this communication to 
have added some remarks upon the grammatical structure and affini- 
ties of the dialect of Lord North’s Island ; but continued ill health 
prevents his doing it in season for the publication of the present 
volume. Those remarks, therefore, are necessarily deferred to a fu- 
ture occasion. 
