Тномѕох. — Whence of the Maori. xxxv 
ENGLISH. Maori. — 
Spear тайа 
tao taha, Liang 
kokiri 
hoata 
kaukau 
timata 
Star whetu bituy, Menado ; fatui, Sula ; betol, Gani ; toi, Ahtiago 
Sun ria-mata, Liang ; matarou, Menado ; lia, Massaratty 
mamaru 
komaru 
Sweet reka 
Tongue arero rau, Mysol 
Tooth niho aio, Saparua ; nifoa, Matabello 
теў 
Water wai wai, Ahtiago, Tobo, and six others; wai-im, Ahtiago, 
lfuras ; waili, Cajeli and two others ; wayr, Mysol; 
ayer, Malay 
honu 
katao 
ote 
ngongi 
Wax? 
Su й bee 2 sum ditm №, Salibabo ; S 
ife wahine wewina, Teor ; ineh, Sali 3 a a; invina, 
Ahtiago; bini , Malay жу» "epum 
hoa pias Tidore 
Wing parirau ani-dey, Menado ; pori-pikia, Bolang-hitam ; fanik, Teor 
akaw 
pakak 
paihau 
Woman wahine bawine, Bouton ; mahoweni, S ir; mahina, Liang and four 
others ; mewina. ес; ; vina, , Áhtiago 
Wood rakau okao, Nes t ; kao, "Sula and thr others; kai, Teor; 
kayu, Malay and three others ; аб Sala ayer 
Yellow punga-punga. 
Being thus done with the Malayo-Polynesian glossarial connection, before 
we proceed in our enquiries it is necessary to mention that the Silong tribe of 
the islands of Mergui, near Burmah, are the furthest north-westward having 
distinct affinity with the above families. The negro islanders of Andaman are 
known to be ideologically connected, but their language, as far as I have 
gathered, has been too slightly investigated for final opinion. At Mergui, 
therefore, practically ends the influence of the peculiar phase of fossil words 
that we have been considering. Beyond this point the vast area of South 
Asia is met with, where now, at this period, Thibetan, Arian, and Semitic 
languages cover the space; and it is not till we come to the great island of 
Madagascar that we find traces of the material of which we are in search. 
Captain Cook, the renowned navigator, — T fact as a circumstance 
known athistime. After him Humb thesis of the language 
of Madagascar being identical in ово with mon of the Indian Archi- 
pelago, but how far that great authority had analysed the languages is unknown 
tome. The bare fact of his support is all the information that I have been able 
