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Third. An adjective-stem may not combine with a verb-stem, 

 but it may unite with the formative thd\ to make or cause, or 

 with the inchoative g. 



Fourth. The stem of a verb or adjective may combine with 

 the stem of a noun, and such stem of a verb or adjective must 

 be placed after and never before the noun-stem. 



Fifth. A qualificative or other word or element must not be 

 interposed between the two combined stems of compound 

 notional words, nor between the simple or compound notional 

 stem and its simple or complex pronominal prefix. 



Sixth. Derivative and formative change may be effected only 

 by the prefixion or suffixion of suitable flexions to the morpholo- 

 gies fixed by the foregoing rules or canons. 



Mr Hewitt continued also his general study of the Iroquoian 

 languages described in previous reports, and collected addi- 

 tional material relating to the manners, customs, and history 

 of the Iroquois Indians, chiefly by translation and abstraction 

 from the Jesuit Relations and accounts of the early French 

 explorers. Work on the Tuskarora-English dictionary and 

 grammar also was continued. 



WORK IN BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The work in bibliography of native American languages was 

 continued by Mr James C. Pilling. Two numbers of the series 

 of bibliographies were issued as bulletins of the Bureau 

 during the year, another was sent to press, and a fourth was 

 nearly completed in manuscript. The later proofs of the sixth 

 of the series, which relates to the Athapascan languages, were 

 revised early in the year. The work was subsequently issued 

 as a bulletin of 138 pages, embracing 544 titular entries with 

 4 facsimile reproductions. Although the publication was not 

 distributed until the spring of the present calendar year, it 

 has already been favorably noticed in scientific journals in this 

 and other countries; and the critical reviews show that the 

 students of our native languages place this work by Mr Pilling 

 on the same high plane accorded the previous volumes of the 

 series. 



