128 R. H. MATHEWS. 



supposed by several writers to have come — an opinion which has 

 also been promulgated by myself. 1 



In the tables of declensions and conjugations I have given the 

 root words and their suffixes in full, believing that this course 

 will place the whole matter more clearly before the reader than 

 by giving the suffixes separately. I agree with Mr. Sidney H. 

 Ray, when he says, "The practice of writing the modifying 

 particles apart from the root in many languages tends to obscure 

 the fact of inflection, and makes the particle appear as a separate 

 word." 



A short vocabulary of the leading nouns, verbs, adjectives and 

 other parts of speech in the Thurrawal language, is now in pre- 

 paration, and will be completed as soon as the pressure of other 

 duties permit. 



It may be as well to mention that Rev, Wm. Ridley refers 2 to 

 a language called Turuwul, which he says was spoken at Port 

 Jackson and Botany Bay, of which he published a brief list of 

 words. A short vocabulary is also given by him of the "Language- 

 spoken at George's River, Campbelltown and Appin." He like- 

 wise gives a brief vocabulary of what he calls the Wodi-Wodi 

 language. Mr. Ridley does not, however, give any rules of the 

 grammatical structure of the dialects under notice. 



Vocabularies of the language spoken by the aborigines in the- 

 neighbourhood of Sydney are given by Mr. D. Collins 3 and by 

 Capt. John Hunter. 4 A perusal of my vocabulary at the end of 

 this article will show that many of the words reported by Mr. 

 Collins and by Capt. Hunter, respectively, more than a century 

 ago are still in use, and recognisable, among the Dharruk natives. 



1 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Phila., Vol. xxxix., pp. 556-578. (Map). 



2 Kamilaroi and Other Australian Languages, (Sydney, 1875), pp. 99- 

 -114. 



3 Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, (London, 1798), 

 pp. 610-615. 



4 Historical Journal of Discovery in New South Wales, (London, 1793), 

 pp. 407-411. 



