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Although I have not obtained any inforjnation regarding the 

 grammar of the dialects, I am inclined to conclude, from^ the 

 comparison of the vocabularies, that the language is essentially 

 the same, because many of tlie principal words are found m all 

 of them, or re-occur at a distance after they have been substi- 

 tuted by another word in the neighboring tribe. To demon- 

 strate this T have tabulated a few of the leading words, and a 

 larger list might be made, but those selected answer the purpose 



sufficiently. 



The correct accentuation of a cei-tain syllable is, no doubt, very 

 important, but a distinct rule for it does not seem to exist. 

 Genei-ally in words of two syllables the accent is laid on the first, 

 and, as a rule, the sound of it is slightly longer. Often, however, 

 no syllable is specially accentuated, and the length or shortness 

 of the vowel governs the accent, either by l)eing more or less 

 dwelt upon or through the modulation of the sound. In words 

 of three and more syllables the penultimate is generally accentu- 

 ated or dwelt upon. Wiien the case was otherwise, or when a 

 syllable was specially accentuated, I have marked it with an 

 acute accent to denote the stress. 



The following amplification of the rules of the Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society's " System of Orthography " will serve as a key 

 to an approximately correct pronunciation of the words :— 



