318 APPENDIX. 



9. Belly == te-kap-ana, Ombay ; coopou (== navel) 

 Darnley Island. 



10. Stars = ipi-herre, Mangarei ; bering, birrong, 

 Sydney. 



1 1 . Hand = tanaraga, Mangarei ; taintu, Timbora ; 

 tamira, Sydney. 



12. Head = jahe, Mangarei; chow, King George's 

 Sound. 



13. Stars = kingkong, Timboro; chindy, King George's 

 Sound, Australia. 



14. Moon =* mang'ong, Timbora; meuc, King George's 

 Sound. 



15. Sun = ingkong, Timbora ; coing, Sydney. 



16. Blood = kero, Timbora; gnoorong, Cowagary 

 dialect of Australia. 



17. Head = kokore, Timbora ; gogorrah, Cowagary. 



18. Fish = appi, Mangarei; wapi, Darnley Island. 

 Now as the three dialects have all undoubted Malay 



affinities, the statement of Marsden must be received with 

 qualifications. 



V. Concerning the language of Van Diemen's Land, I 

 venture upon the following statements, the proofs of which 

 I hope, ere long, to exhibit in extenso. 



a. The Language is fundamentally the same -for the 

 whole island; although spoken in not less than four 

 dialects mutually unintelligible. 



)3. It has affinities with the Australian. 



y. It has affinities with the New Caledonian. 



A fourth proposition concerning the Tasmanian lan- 

 guage exhibits an impression, rather than a deliberate 

 opinion. Should it, however, be confirmed by future 

 researches it will at once explain the points of physical 

 contrast between the Tasmanian tribes and those of 



