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To the preceding Account of the Language of the 

 Araucatiosy zBhich is common to the Moluches, that 

 of Falkner, the Missionari/^ in his Description of 

 Patagonia, may properly be added. 

 " The nouns have only one declination, and are 

 all of the common gender. The dative, accusa- 

 tive, and ablative cases, have all the same termi- 

 nation, with their suiSix or postposition. There 

 are but two numbers, singular and plural ; the 

 dual being expressed by placing the word epu 

 (which signifies two) before the word : but the 

 pronouns have all the three numbers. The ad- 

 jectives are put before the substantives, and do 

 not vary their terminations, either in case or num- 

 ber: as, 



Cume good, 



Cume huentu a good man. 



Clime huentu eng*n good men. 



THE DECLINATION OF THE NOUNS. 

 Singular. Plural. 



. N. Huentv, the man, N. Pu huentu, or i 



^ ' , . Mne men. 



G. Huentun:, of the inuB, Sec. huentu engn} 



D. Huentumo, G. Pu huentu, of tlie men, 



ji. Huentumo, and so on, as in the singular. 



y, Huentu, 



A. Huentumo, 



or Huentu engu, 



THE PRONOUNS. 



Inche, I . r he alone, or 



. ' Quisu, \ 



Eimi, thou, * himself, 



^<^i* he, Inche quisu, I myself, 



T'va or Tvachi, this Inchiu, * we two, 



yelli, that, Inchin, we many. 



^''^' whom. 



