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soeiation at York, and founded upon the comparison of the 

 Athabascan vocabularies of Mackenzie and Dobbs, on the one 

 side, with the Western Eskimo ones, on the other. 



And the Kolooch languages are equally Eskimo with the 

 Athabascan. This may be seen by reference to Lisiansky's 

 vocabularies, and a comparison between the Sitca and Cadiack. 



Cadiack. 



kej-a 



tanba 



koudat 



chiskoohka 



nanoak 



hlukba 



shook 



chatalahi 



kyaeek 



Now, by taking in the Eskimo of the Aleutian Islands, this 

 list might be doubled ; and by dealing with the Kenay as 

 Eskimo, it might be trebled. 



Again, by attempting to fix the points whereat the Eskimo 

 language ceases, and the Kolooch tongue begins, we may 

 get further evidence that the difference between them is ex- 

 aggerated ; since the languages passed by gradual transitions 

 into each other. 



What follows, moreover, is cumulative evidence towards 

 the same conclusion. 



Over and above the A'ocabularies collected by Mr Tolmie 

 that have already been dealt with, there is a seventeenth, viz. 

 the Tunghaase. This is stated in Dr Scouler's accompany- 

 ing paper to be tho most nortliern dialect with Avhich the 

 Hudson's Bay traders come in contact. It is also stated to 

 be Sitcan ; and that truly. 



On the other hand, the Tunghaase has affinities with the 



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