IN AUSTRALIA PHILOLOGICALLY EXAMINED, 135 
of the fixed prepositions in the Shemitic languages. Its use was 
so extensive that the rabbis divided it in a threefold manner, 
namely, into the classes of cases in which the meaning was se 
forth by in, by at, and by with respectively. 
On the subject of the euphonious names given by the aborigines 
to rivers and waters, a very few sentences must suffice. The 
softly flowing syllables which go to make up many of these 
rk. Upon 
e 
figures, as between the liquids and soft labial on the one side 
against the dentals and gutturals on the other side, the result is 
very marked. Take the forms in mar or bar and wat, or their 
the Gazetteer of New South Wales. The choice between the 
softer and harder forms of letters of the same class has some quite 
remarkable exemplifications. Thus, taking the three leading 
channels for names to designate rivers or waters, namely, in mb, 
ng, and nd, as against the harder forms in mp, »*, and nf, and the 
result is very decided. In the former case, the forms are embodied 
in upwards of. 170 names of streams or waters in New South 
Wales, while hardly half-a-dozen examples are found of the latter. 
is equally decided. The former class are exemplified in upwards 
of 110 cases, while the la 
cases. ere a few possible oversights in searching through a 
large volume would make no substantial alteration in the relative 
places occupied by the classes of names compared. Still further, 
