534 VOCABULARY 



The Sooloo terms were obtained from perhaps the purest source 

 in Sooloo, viz. from the Datoo Danielle and his family. The 

 Malay printed characters being placed before them, they first pro- 

 nounced the Malay word, as exhibited in English characters, and 

 then gave the corresponding term in the Sooloo language. As 

 this was frequently repeated in the same work, similar relative 

 terms, given by separate members of the family, served to check 

 mistakes. In the Malay terms I have adhered to Marsden's 

 Dictionary, although the Dutch Dictionary, as well as the Voca- 

 bulary of the College of Malacca, varies considerably, especially in 

 the use of i : thus, we have for black, Htam, itam, and etam ; the 

 latter is that of Marsden ; it is at variance with the Malay sound, 

 for which I should prefer itam. The Bisayan, Iloco, and Cagayan 

 are partly taken from the work on the " Klipinas " before alluded 

 to, as well as from my own notes, aided by the Padres of Batan, 

 and my friends at Manila. To the Padres of Batan I am indebted 

 entirely for the language of that Island, great part of which was 

 written by them for the use of the newly-arrived Padres. The 

 Tagala has been derived from a very complete work published 

 in 1796. The Chinese is from a Vocabulary by the American 

 Missionary, Dr. Bridgeman ; and the Korean and Japanese from 

 publications by Medhurst, 1830, and Philo Sinensis, 1835, at 

 Batavia. The three latter languages being rarely understood 

 without the written character, may not be so completely useful to 

 the traveller ; but I have had sufficient experience of their value 

 to know that the natives will comprehend if they wish. It is 

 invariably the practice of these people to affect great mystery 

 about their spoken language ; they will not understand unless it 

 suits their purpose or interest, and this most especially with the 

 Japanese 



Trusting my efforts in this cause will be received with simply 

 the credit due to a collector of scraps, and hoping that it may 

 prove useful to the traveller, I leave it to its fate with the following 

 observations of Mr. Ernest Adams. 



