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primitive and almost perfect South African language and 

 the dialects spoken by the Caffres, Zulu, Matebele, Malo- 

 kuane, and Basuto. Indeed, the structure of all these is 

 essentially the same. The Bakhoba or Bayeiye of Lake 

 Ngami; the Bashubea, Barotse, and Batoka of the Leeam- 

 bye or Zambesi ; the Bashukulompo, who live far to the 

 north-east of that river ; and the Balojazi, who inhabit 

 countries far to the north-west of S. lat. 14°; with the 

 Bamoenye, Ambonda, Banyenko, Balonda, &c. &c., all 

 speak dialects which contain nearly as many Sechuana 

 roots as the English does of Latin. The list of words fur- 

 nished by Captain Tuckey in his ' Voyage up the Zaire or 

 Congo River,' and the communications of the missionaries 

 in the country adjacent to Mombas, with vocabularies fur- 

 nished by the Baptist and Church missionaries at Fernando 

 Po and the West Coast, render it almost certain that the 

 groundwork of all south equatorial African tongues, except 

 the Bush or Hottentot, is of the same family as that 

 under consideration." 



In a commercial, scientific, and philological point of 

 view, this statement is of vast importance, but transcend- 

 entally so when considered with reference to morals, 

 philanthropy, and religion. It affords a key to active in- 

 tercourse with the inhabitants of the Southern half of the 

 Continent. 



We must connect the facts of this language being 

 cognate with so many South African dialects, and of its 

 present wide diffusion, with another great fact providen- 

 tially furnishing a link in the complete chain wanted for 

 successful permanent missionary work. 



Independently of Sebituane's conquests, and of Dr 

 Livingstone's explorations, Mr Moffat has translated the 

 whole Scriptures into this language. This translation has 

 secured a large number of words which would otherwise 

 have been lost. 



