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cleanse oneself; itsepkisa, make oneself pure ; boitsepho, 

 holiness. It is also worthy of observation that the inser- 

 tion of the letter s into the verb converts being into action 

 (Bunsen, p, 275). It forms the causative, the stimulus to 

 the activity of the predicate. The letter I, too, engrafted 

 on to the root, plays an important part in the expression of 

 relationship 1 ." 



In another place he remarks; "The Sichuana absolute 

 verb, like that of the ancient Egyptian is often ex- 

 pressed by the same words which express the absolute 

 noun : a peculiarity which, according to Bunsen, may be 

 explained in a philosophical point of view by the insepara- 

 ble union, and therefore apparent identity, of the two ideas 

 of personality and existence. I have often been struck by 

 the similarity the structure of this language bears to 

 Sichuana 2 ." 



Community of customs, physical conformation, and 

 speech, shew a remarkable link between the inhabitants of 

 the two extremes of the Continent. 



At page 103, we quoted Dr Livingstone's opinion that 

 the lighter and darker colors of the native populations run 

 in five longitudinal bands across the Continent. He says 

 that language can be traced in like manner. 



" It is singular that the dialects spoken by the different 

 tribes, have arranged themselves in a fashion which seems 

 to indicate migration along the lines of colour. The dialects 

 spoken in the extreme south, whether Hottentot or Caffre, 

 bear a close affinity to those of the tribes living immediately 

 on their northern borders : one glides into the other, and 

 their affinities are so easily detected, that they are at once 

 recognised to be cognate. If the dialects of extreme points 

 are compared, as that of the Caffres and the tribes near the 

 Equator, it is more difficult to recognise the fact, which is 

 really the case, that all the dialects belong to but two 

 1 Analysis, &c, pp. 38, 39. 2 Ibid. p. 2. 



