426 PHILOLOGY. 



this class of affixes really exists in the dialect of Tobi. Notwith- 

 standing these deficiencies, the vocabulary is valuable, as showing 

 beyond a doubt that this little community is a branch of the ethno- 

 graphical family which extends from Eap to the Kingsmill Group ; 

 and it is not improbable that by means of it, the very subdivision of 

 this family to which the natives of Tobi belong, will hereafter be 

 discovered, and their origin thus determined. 



Most of the words which follow are identical with those given by 

 Mr. Pickering, in his Appendix to Holden's Narrative. Where any 

 difference exists, it has been noted. 



