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Cruise of the ''Alert:' 



VOCABULARY OF FUEGIAN WORDS. 



Obtained from natives at Tilly Bay, Straits of Magellan. 



Basket (netted) 

 „ (plaited) 

 Beard 

 Bottle 

 Breast 

 Calf 

 Canoe 

 Crab 

 Deer 

 Dog 

 Ear 

 Eye 



Eyebrow 

 Eyelash 

 Fingers 

 Finger-nails 

 Fish 

 Flint 

 Foot 

 Hair 

 Hand 

 Head 

 Ironstone 

 Limpet 

 Mouse 



«■ cheebass. 



,, dawyer. 



„ port. 



,, kushki. 



,, poan. 



„ kutchoice. 



,, ayoux. 



., karabous-kalpers. 



„ halchun. 



,, sharkiss. 



„ hawish. 



,, sthole. 



„ theseoux. 



,, thesseriss. 



,, sthcen. 



,, tharsh. 



,, areous-ar§ersh. 



,, kosil. 



„ kadthakous. 



„ therkous. 



„ therrawaus. 



,, iakalus. 



„ iuksthaads. 



,, ithashaquash. 



„ akraceps. 



Mussel 



Necklace 



Nose 



Nutria-skull 



Otter-skin 



Paddle 



Paroquet 



Sea-egg 



Seal-skull 



Ship's boat 



Skin of seal 



Spear (for fish) 



Spear (for seals) 



Starfish 



Steamer- duck 



Stomach 



Stone axe 



Teeth 



Thigh 



Tongue 



Tooth (of seal) 



Trumpetshell 



Upland Goose 



Volute shell 



Water 



= chaloux. 



„ heskouna. 



„ los. 



,, theerkusthads. 



,, lalthers. 



,, chetarias. 



,, parabas. 



,, kawotchi. 



,, arougsis. 



,, sherroux. 



,, harkusis-hushkei 



,, kip-thatharsh 



,, uaakutsh. 



,, hiapparoux. 



,, karawus-poug. 



„ kutshiss. 



,, kesaoux. 



,, pathers. 



,, athursh. 



,, lekiss. 



,, sheriquish. 



,, tharagskar. 



,, harrawaloux. 



„ tharaquakorass. 



„ nupp. 



NAMES OF FUEGIAN CHILDREN AT TILLY BAY. 



Alkeress. 



Ilchabesakodotis. 



Kelchuarkuss. 



Gounaco. 



Gounaco Chikachikis. 



We anchored at Port Gallant for three days in the latter end 

 of January, and while we were there a bark canoe came alongside. 

 It was of the kind which King describes as peculiar to the tribe 

 inhabiting the western part of the Magellan Straits, and to whom 

 he assigned the name " Pecherai," from their habit of frequently 

 using that word. The canoe was much smaller and lighter than 

 the plank canoes of the western channels, and was propelled 

 entirely by paddles instead of oars. Two old women, who sat in 



