274 APPENDIX, 



No. III. 



COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY 



OP THE 



LANGUAGES 



OF 



SOME PARTS OF TORRES STRAIT. 



In this Vocabulary, the column headed " Lewis's 

 Murray Island" was taken from a copy of one that I 

 believe was made by Mr. Lewis when commanding the 

 Isabella in search of the survivors of the u Charles Eaton." 

 He had the advantage of having young Ireland as an 

 interpreter, who had resided two years upon the island. 

 The vocabulary, however, seemed to have been carelessly 

 compiled, as there was no kind of arrangement in it, 

 alphabetical or otherwise ; neither had any system of 

 orthography been adhered to, as the same word was often 

 spelt in different ways. It has, no doubt, suffered also by 

 the errors of the transcribers. The copy from which ours 

 was taken was procured by Mr. Evans from Captain 

 Ashmore of Sydney, who lent it us for transcription. I 

 subsequently arranged it on the same plan as our own, and 



