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and five of the secondaries. Several of them are subject to nasality, 

 and two of them, a in man (French vin), and o in moan (French 

 mon), present the peculiarity of being almost always nasalized; the 

 0, probably, is never natural. 



The labial consonants, except Mi, and the English Wi, are want- 

 ing. The 20th letter is frequently nasalized; and when it follows N 

 as a nasal, the two become identical with the Spanish n, which is not 

 an uncommon sound. The German combination ts is also somewhat 

 common. 



Besides the ordinary gui and hi, there is a hard ki, which has 

 every quality of gui, except vocality, as in ill fes i, Allegeny. 

 This is heard in other Indian languages, and also in German. The 

 ti more rarely assumes the same character, as in t u j § > , an axe. 



The hi (No. 24), presents the peculiarity of being heard with its 

 usual force after a vowel, or as a final; and it is frequently nasal- 

 ized. Nasal syllables of several letters sometimes occur, as h o t a > 

 (the ear), awnderrilia-w- (for ever). The final hi, after the close 

 of the glottis, is merely the breath which follows the subsequent open- 

 ing of the passage, and should properly be represented by the Greek 

 spiritus asper (°). 



The Wyandot numerals, from one to ten, are as follows. The 

 accented syllable and short vowels should be marked ; the former 

 with an accentual, the latter with a dot above. 



1. skot. 2. tsndi. 3. r chk. A. ndA jc^. 5. tiwIj. 

 6. uwajG. 7. tsLi ti.r'e > h. 8. ttr'e>h. 9. tr9>h. 10. seh. 



Dr. Hays stated that Dr. Warren, of Boston, had given him 

 some information in regard to recently discovered mastodons 

 in New York and New Jersey. One of the skeletons is at 

 Harvard College. 



A complete skeleton has been disinterred at Newburgh. It 

 has been purchased by Dr. Warren, and put together by him. 

 It is a tetracaulodon. 



Dr. Hays pointed out some marked dififerences between this 

 and the skeletons of the mastodon, which he had examined. 



It v^as moved, by Prof. Frazer, that the letter read this 

 evening from the Historical Society of New York, be referred 

 to a Committee, with power to take order. Mr, Kane, Dr. 

 Ludlow, and Prof. Hare, were appointed the Committee. 



