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dialects. The analytic character of the langiiag'e and its synthetic character 

 balance each other pretty evenly, much as they do in the two classic lan- 

 guages of antiquity. 



Concerning the ethnography of both chieftaincies and the mythology 

 of the Modoc Indians, I have gathered more material than could be utilized 

 for the report, and I hope to publish it at a later day as a necessary sup- 

 plement to what is now embodied in the two parts of the present volume. 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



Albert S. Gatschet. 

 Hon. J. W. Powell, 



Director of the Bureau of Ethnology. 



