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 found 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 walki 



PLURAL 



Pissukpogoot .... We walk. 



Pissukpose You walk. 



Pissukpoot They walk. 



