PILLING. ] POWELL’S INTRODUCTIONS. 5)9 
dents of Indian languages—the explanations being of such a character 
as experience has shown would best meet the wants of persons practi- 
cally at work in the field on languages with which they are unfamiliar. 
The book is a body of directions for collectors. 
“It is believed that the system of schedules, followed seriatim, will 
lead the student in a proper way to the collection of linguistic materials; 
that the explanations given will assist him in overcoming the difficulties 
which he is sure to encounter; and that the materials when collected 
will constitute valuable contributions to philology. It has been the 
effort of the author to connect the study of language with the study of 
other branches of anthropology, for a language is best understood when 
the habits, customs, institutions, philosophy—the subject-matter of 
thought embodied in the language—are best known. The student of 
language should be a student of the people who speak the language; 
and to this end the book has been prepared, with many hints and sug- 
gestions relating to other branches of anthropology.” 
The title of this publication is as follows: 
Smithsonian Institution— Bureau of Ethnology | J. W. Powell Director | Introduc- 
tion | to the | Study of Indian Languages | with | Words Phrases and Sentences 
to be Collected | By J. W. Powell | Second edition—with charts | Washington | 
Government Printing Office | 1880 
Pp. i-xii, 1-228, and 8 ruled leaves. 4°. 
The following is the 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I.—ON THE ALPHABET. 
Page 
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NER 26 Shee ea ore hose =H ene Ge par CE COC Oop Sane SeOueE nor Sareea nes 7 
RS DUAINGS ee ane wee eck ee eae Sone cities ce biesic sims ge scacciet aie 8 
Sibtlants sess ececeerececn os cise esas wot ccecse sac sccseses cece ces eecicccscees 9 
Wg Mp li) lbp Gaeta Bad ee macS (oR eseASae son G SAS cGnbSos Heo Co ee SOeSeHne 9 
interropuedssOundst-= se. see a laees se) asoce cae waciee ee ec arena ce ecice sens 11 
Syn uhege sounds cee oe see aaa erence tec cs saeco e-loseaee cece 12 
Complex; combinations peas see eee ren se eee eee lene aan seaniacs ana = aac 13 
JAUME iD o Soe a ecdscoceasne 2 Haden seeosacercoss cbcnedgcesss Supe cons sess eo0edS 14 
CHAPTER IJ.—HINTS AND EXPLANATIONS. 
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Zest ERE UT) WN sone Soese cos coaboaacen ose sd osenscsensesne pocesons 1s 
Se TOSS ANG OLN AMONG soi ecee eel one a ese sale sae = olen = 2 18 
Cpe DM GMO oe ce “po neo aso soo oeoaSu CE eRgode 
5.—Implements and utensils -..-..-.-..--.---- 
6.—Food 
B= NUD O La See ete ec ay eayee oe em nara eesce cee Se veienecis’s Uecinks aes 
Oi—Measnres\s aces 25 Se0c.cete e-toc 
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