to the North-West Coast of America^ 107 



Nootka. According to Mosino, this idiom is the harshest 

 known; it abounds with consonants and sourdes XtnmwA- 

 tions: most of the words are pronounced with a strong as- 

 piration at the commencement and in the middle. The fol- 

 lowing examples will serve to give some idea of it: 



Yachinic shiile. 



Ag-coatl. 



Mitonc-cloutzma. 



Pizoid-cloi/zma. 



Tloid-clouzma, 



Maetl-catzis. 



Moutong yacops. 



Qmidls-zac-ile. 



yipac-tzoutl. 



Coucoti-mitzoic. 



Apesouh-tatchi. 



Ic-tac-tlas. 



HoptzC-machltl. . 



Mou-moii-octl. 



Ish-cuits. 



InapntL 



Morec-cou-metz. 



Co'i-matz. 



Aemitl. 



Huaschitl. 



Chtt-tzitl. 



Nec-tzitl. 



Hz-etzitl. 



To7ipex-clntl. 



Hitl-tzitl, 



Muchitle. 



Tzi-chitl. 



Tup-chitl. 



Amies t la. 



Tlaeztztl. 



What is your name? 



The year 



A younsr woman 



An old woman 



An ugly woman 



A beautiful woman 



A child 



An old man 



Lame man 



The beard 



The hand 



The thighs 



The belly 



Sweet 



An apple 



Smoke 



The shoulder 



Sand 



A flower 



A dog 



To throw 



To swallow 



To drink 



To sweep 



To sneeze 



To sigh 



To bile 



To pour out 



To-day 



To-morrow 



The last 



Ahac ammatce sua 



With a language so inharmonious, manners so simple, 

 and so little progress in civilization, it may readily be con- 

 cei'.r-d, that the music of the Indians of Nootka must be 

 rude- and artless : they are, howevtr, fond of singing, and 

 all their concerts are vocal ; their concords are only octaves, 

 and by way of accompaniment, their singers heat time on 

 boards with the first solid body they can find. To this kind 

 of continued bass they join the noise of a sort of wooden 



castanets. 



