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Tubagun, a vehicle. Cf. wagon. 



Taboo, two. Seest, three. 



Wegalutk, to bark. Cf. vXaxnu. 



Queetum, I seek. Cf. quaero, quaesttis. 



Mat-tuk, to beat. Matlole, I beat thee. Matunaga, I fight. 



Come, a harbour. Cf. KU/irj. 



Epstt, warmed. Epsum, I heat it. Cf. s-vl^w. 



Cubilahum, a cradle-board. Cf. cubile. 



Nekokul, a spear. Cf. axwxjj. 



Ankedasi, I think earnestly. Cf. ango, ayyoi. 



Ekai, I come. Cf. 7]ku. 



Cheenum, a man. Cf. yivog, 



Oo-dun, a town. Cf. dun and <:?w«e. 



.4z<, he says. Cf. ait. 



Mide, many. Meg, great. Mai, bad. Cf. mickle, [LiyoLg, malus. 



Well-ake, he is well. This root well occurs in many compounds. 



''M-digin, a thumb. Cf. digitus. 



^M-pak, the back. The prefix 'm appears to be a remnant of an in- 

 definite article. 



Oolk, a ship. Cf. hulk, oXxag. 



Keloos, good. Cf. xaXoj. 



Keloos-oodee, goodness. Oodee in Micmac has the force with the English 

 postfix hood, in childhood, etc. 



Oonuks, a wing. Cf. ovv^. 



Wigwam (oikom), house. Cf. o/xog (Foixog), vicus. 



Weeka, his home. Cf. oizia. 



Tem-sum, I cut it. Cf. ts/ivu. 



Miduk-och^ milk. A word which is one of the most primitive, and con- 

 tained in most languages. 



Moo, no. Cf. firi. 



Kicis, a son. Cf. v'log. 



Nephk, he is dead. Cf. vix^og. 



Kiva, liaH. Cf. %a'f f- 



Kakaydk, it faUs. Cf. xaxsw. 



Tokoo, then. tots. 



Kewkw, an earthquake. Cf. quake, quatio. 



Alea, to go. Cf. ire, aller, etc. 



Ejikuladoo, I cast away. Cf. ejicio. 



Wij, prefix signifying with. 



Tan, when. Cf. brav. 



To these examples I may add an illustration from Mr Rand's Micmac 

 version of St John, xix. 24, where the leading words in one of the clauses 

 are very similar in Greek and Micmac. 



Mr) s^iffufLiv, "kayrjaiLiv. 

 Moo skwiska lakade-nech. 

 We shall not rend, but cast lots for it. 



The superstitions, traditions, and astronomical notions of the primitive 

 Micmacs also present points of similarity with those of other nations, and 



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