On the ImpTQ'Vemcnt in Circular ArchiUBure. 1 il 



mmjh: the Ottawas, an-nee-mon-haii-chc: the Indians tA 

 Penobfcot and St. John's, allomooj'c : the Natics, amim: the 

 Narraganfets, alum: the Miaiul'*, aid-ln-mo: the Wiahta- 

 nnh, iemah ? the Pottawatameh, aa-ne-moojh : the Shaw- 

 nees, 'u.n[fi, luee-feh : tlie Kafkafliias, remoah : the iSantj- 

 cokes, alum, and ihnii'allum : the Mohawks, abgarijoo ^ sr^ 

 bar? the Cochnewagoes, 6'r-/7i3r : the Oueidas, £r-bar, ah- 

 baul, ale-hall: the Onondagos, (/iTZn^'ri.;; the Cavnga.s, yo- 

 luaus : the Senecas, chee-aah, and che-eh : the Tulcaroras, 

 cbeeth, chietht: the Wvandots, nec-a-nQoh : the Sionx, /i^ji- 

 j-flK, chonga, jl^un-gujb: the Ofages, /i'Ow^-f/6 .- the Chee- 

 rake, keera, keethlah, kcelhleglh : the Creeks, ee-fa, efa, ef~ 

 fa: the Chikkafah, o-p/v, oo-phc: the Choktah, o-phe: the 

 Katahba, taunt-fee, Lmnfee, tafe : the Woccons, tauh~he : 

 the Natchez, iL'orfe: the Mexicans, chicbl: the PoconchJ, 

 £/5': and the Chilefe, /t'z^'c. 



If the affinity between the Wunaumeeh words, Wi-s-'kcn- 

 neh, me-han-ne, and the Latin cajiis, the Italian cajie^ the 

 Neapolitan <:i27?£', be not accidental, and who, attentively co«- 

 lidering the very many affinities that fubfill between the lan-^ 

 guages of the old and new world, will imagine that it is acci- 

 dental?}, we have probably arrived at the knowledge of the 

 real meaning of the Latin word canis. lilska/ine, in the iaa- 

 gnage of the Delawares, fignlfies " tlie barking beaft." It 

 appears from Dr. Pallas's great work (f'ocabularia Covipart2- 

 tiva) that certain tribes of Semoyads call a dog liaTiang, ia- 

 Tiak, and konak; and that the Karaffini call it kannak. 



XXIV. A fvort Account of the Improvement in Circular A.;- 

 cbite5iure made by ColorielTAriiAM. 



Jr^ OR this invention, which appears to be ingenious, and 

 applieabic to many important ufes, a patent has been taken 

 out by Meffirs. John Scott, James Ciarkfon, William 'i"a- 

 tham, and Samuel Mellidi, The invention confilis in the 

 form given to the bricks or ftoncs to i)e employed in circular 

 buildinffs, which is fnch as to make them lock, as it were, 

 into e-ach other, and that fo eflfeALially as to preclude the pof- 

 fibility of their parting joint by any accident whatever when 

 laid down properly. 



Two of the vertical fides of each piece euiployed in fuch cir- 

 cidar (trntlure* anfwcr to two radii from a common centre : 

 a circle from the fame centre forms the third vertical Ul\c; 

 and the fourth IJde i3 fornitd by another circle of a radius as 



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