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them, with sufficient care to enable him either to verify or 

 to refute it. Nevertheless, the isolation of the Australian 

 languages is a current doctrine. 



I believe this doctrine to be incorrect ; and I am sure 

 that, in many cases, it is founded on incorrect principles. 



Grammatical differences are valued too high ; glossarial 

 affinities too low. The relative value of the grammatical 

 and glossarial tests is not constant. It is different for dif- 

 ferent languages. 



In 1844, I stated, at York, that from three true 

 Malay localities, and in three true Malay vocabularies, I 

 had found Australian and Tasmanian and Papuan words, 

 viz : — 



1 . In the Timboran dialect of the Sumbawan. 



2. In the Mangerei dialect of Flores. 



3. In the Ombayan of Ombay. 



1 . Arm = ibarana, Ombay ; porene, Pine Gorine 

 dialect of Australia. 



2. Hand = ouine, Ombay ; hingae, New Caledonia. 



3. Nose = imouni, Ombay ; maninya, mandeg, man- 

 deinne, New Caledonia ; mena, Van Diemen's Land, 

 western dialect ; mini, Mangerei : meoun, muidge, mugui, 

 Macquarie Harbour. 



4. Head = imocila, Ombay ; moos, (= hair) Darnley 

 Island; rnoochi, ( = hair) Massied ; immoos, (= beard) 

 Darnley Islands; eeta moochi, (= beard) Massied. 



5. Knee = icici-bouka, Ombay ; bowka, boulkay 

 (= forefinger) Darnley Islands. 



6. Leg = iraka, Ombay; horag-nata, Jhongworong 

 dialect of the Australian . 



7. Bosom = ami, Ombay ; naem, Darnley Island. 



8. Thigh = itena, Ombay ; tinna-mook ( = foot) 

 Wioutro dialect of Australian. The root, tin, is very general 

 throughout Australia in the sense of foot. 



