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HILOLOGY. 
According to various philologists, the structural basis of most pri- 
mitive tongues is to be found in sounds and sights in nature, and in 
natural feelings. Thus, the sound noticed most frequently as arising 
the wind blowing through some common medium is likely to 
be adopted as its name; the same thing holds good with regard to 
animals, they being usually designated by their respective calls. Heat 
and cold are named according to the ejaculations induced by each. 
Trees, grass, water, fire, and earth are called after some plainly 
i peculiarity. 
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these aborigines—natural objects, feelings, and appearances, have 
never seemingly been called in to aid in their construction ; had 
they been so, the numerous aboriginal dialects would have been much 
may here again state that, in all cases, the negative of the dialect 
Spoken is the name of the tribe which speaks it. 
nglish Watty Watty Tribe, Litchoo Litchoo Tribe. 
beet Sieisveds Watty. .......eesceees Litchoo. 
ee has Byer ....cseeeeseees Ngo. 
con ee Buroka::citinioc Nowie. 
Moon............  Mitian “" Bocobothal. 
re Wotchowoo.....-.+++ Bingee 
Rican COIR kissd ves Mirrinumoo. 
