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can be shown by using the necessary pronoun from the 

 foregoing table. 



An example of the conjugation of the singular number of 



a verb will be sufficient : — 



Indicative Mood — Present Tense. 



fist Person I sit, Ngaia nyinne 



Singular < 2nd ,, Thou sittest, Nginda nyinne 

 1 3rd ,, He sits, Nong nyinne 



and so on through all the persons of the dual and plural. 



Past Tense. 

 Singular 1st Person I sat, Ngaia nyinnimbin. 



Future tense. 

 Singular 1st Person I will sit, Ngaia nyinniling 



The imperative, conditional, reflexive, and reciprocal 

 forms of the verb will be omitted for want of space. The 

 adverbs, prepositions and interjections are also passed over 

 for the same reason. 



The numerals are, Wadhu, one ; Buta-buta, two. 



Including the Ngeumba and Thangatti grammars con- 

 tained in this treatise, I have now illustrated, wholly or in 

 part, the grammatical structure of fifty Australian dialects 

 and languages. This vast amount of work has been ren- 

 dered possible by the kindness of several learned Societies 

 in Australia, Europe, and America, who promptly published 

 the manuscript dealing with all these languages. It may 

 be added that I still have in my note-books the grammars 

 and vocabularies of several other native tongues, awaiting 

 an opportunity for publication. 



Thangatti Vocabulary. 



About 200 of the words in most common use in the 



Thangatti language, are comprised in this vocabulary. I 



have thought that placing groups of words of the same 



character together under distinctive headings will prove 



