APPENDIX 



A FEW words on the language of the Eskimos may 

 be of interest to some readers. The following 

 is a short description from Mr. Peck's pen : " The prin 

 cipal peculiarity of the language consists in the length 

 of its words and that feature which grammarians style 

 agglutinative. 



" Agglutinative it certainly is, for all the parts of 

 speech may be joined to the verbal root and then con 

 jugated in the various moods and tenses founc 1 in this 

 remarkable tongue. 



" We have to consider not only our ordinary moods 

 but also an interrogative one, which is most striking and 

 expressive in its use and formation. 



" There are three numbers, singular, dual, and plural. 

 Adverbs, particles, etc., are added to the verbal root." 



A few examples will illustrate these remarks : 



INDICATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE 



OF THE MOODS 

 THE INDICATIVE 



SINGULAR 

 Pissukpoonga . I walk. 



Pissukpotit Thou walkest. 



Pissukpok He walks. 



DUAL 

 Pissukpogook .... We two walk. 



Pissukpotik You two walk 



Pissukpook They two walk: 



PLURAL 

 Pissukpogoot .... We walk. 



Pissukpose You walk. 



Pissukpoot They walk. 



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