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he may collect much valuable matter by attention to anv 

 one in particular. Above all things let him endeavour to 

 make as complete a vocabulary as possible of all those 

 words, of which he can depend on obtaining the true and 

 precise meaning. Nor are words alone to be attended to : 

 all peculiarities of diction, all idiomatical expressions 

 and phrases ought to be remarked and carefully written 

 down. With respect to the languages of many bar- 

 ]>arous yet interesting people, it is only by the repeated 

 oh -rvations of successive travellers, and by the com|)ari- 

 son of such observations with those of others in different 

 regions, that we can at last obtain any idea of their nature, 

 their genius, and their origin. It may also be useful to 

 ascertain how far foreign words have been introduced into 

 the language, and to what extent they are used, whether 

 confined to one or more classes of the population — whether 

 they are more particularly used by the military, the com- 

 mercial, or the manufacturing classes. 



3. Government —It is hardly to be expected that those 



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for whom these remarks are principally intended will 

 the time or opportunity to make many inquiries, or to 

 collect much correct information on the details of goveru-- 

 meut in its various branches, in the countries they m.av 



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even if they could be ob- 

 tained, would be more appropriately noticed under the 

 head of Statistics. There are, however, several points 

 connected with this subject on which an intelligent tra- 



hardly fail to make useful and interesting ob- 



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Amongst these we may mention all kinds of 

 rms, ceremonies, and processions, whether of a reiigioos 



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