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auding one more than either. The language has "been 

 erroneously called the same as that of Fu-kien ; but 

 we had a Fu-kien dictionary with us, and found it 

 was even more different from that dialect than from 

 the Canton. There is no published dictionary of the 

 Hakka dialect, but I believe that the Eev. Mr "Winnes, 

 a missionary residing in China, has one in manuscript, 

 with the renderings in German, which it would be 

 Avell if some society undertook to publish. Puntis 

 and Hakkas scarcely understand each other, unless 

 they have been accustomed to intercourse, from their 

 villages lying close together ; but I found that even 

 my very limited knowledge of the Canton tongue 

 was of use to me at Kum-tow-lek, and that the Hakka 

 was much easier to pick up than that former dialect, 

 from its not being so particular about the tones. It 

 seemed to be half-way between the Peking and Can- 

 ton dialects, as is illustrated by the following table of 

 numerals ; but of course there was much greater differ- 

 ence in other parts of the speech than between these : 



CANTON. HAKKA. PEKING. 



Yi 

 Rh 

 San 

 Sz' 

 Woo 

 Lu 

 Tsi 

 Pak 

 Kiu 

 10. Shap Ship Shi 



