derivation, and of a similar signification in both 

 languages ;* I am inclined, however, to think this 

 merely an accidental resemblance. 



* If this is not^ as our author sufifioses^ merely a casual resem- 

 blance of a f au ivords^ ivhich frequently occurs in languages ra- 

 dically different, it certainly affords much ground for curious 

 sheculation ; and ive may, perhaps, be led to consider the tradition 

 of a Phenician or Carthaginian colony in America, as not altoge- 

 ther so destitute of probability, especially, as Uie language of the 

 Chilians, so different from that of any other of the American 

 tribes, appears to indicate a different 07'i gin..,. Amer • Trans, 



