nouns, as well adjectives as substantives^ wliich 

 in their turn re-produce others that are second- 

 arj, modifying themselves in a hundred diflerent 

 wajs. 



Nor is there anj part of speech, from which 

 an appropriate verb cannot be formed by the ad- 

 dition of a final n. Even from the most simple 

 particles various verbs are derived, that give 

 great precision and sirength to conversation. 

 But what is truly surprishig in this language 

 is that it contains no irregular verb or noun. 

 Every thing in it may be said to be regulated 

 with a geometrical precision, and displays much 

 art with great simplicity, and a connection so 

 "well ordered and unvarying in its grammatical 

 rules, which always make the subsequent depend 

 upon its antecedent, that the theory of tne lan- 

 guage is easy, and may be readily learned in a 

 few days. . 



This close analogy and regularity, may at a 

 slight view induce an opinion little favourable 

 to the capacity of those who formed or polished 

 this dialect, as the original languages, it is well 

 known, were regular in their rude and primitive 

 state. But a very different conclusion will be 

 drawn by those who examine its structure, and 

 attend to the extent and complexity of ideas ne- 

 cessary to have formed it, and to have modified 

 the words in so many different ways, without 

 ^mbarrassiiig the particular rules. 



