128 COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY. 



" loped Dialects usually possess a very redundant Vocabulary in- 

 " respect of objects. 



" 4. To observe carefully whether or not a word be of one 

 u syllable ; and, if of more than one syllable, whether or not it be 

 " a compound word. This is particularly important where the words 

 " begin or end, as they frequently do in these Dialects, with a 

 " double consonant like ' Kn,' or ' ISp.' 



"5. To represent the sound of each word as fully and exactly 

 "as possible, and for this purpose to adhere to a system of spelling 

 ' ; such as that recommended on the following page." 



The Society has distributed these pamphlets wherever there 

 seemed a possibility of obtaining the desired knowledge, and 

 though, in by far the majority of cases they have never been 

 returned, some success has attended the experiment, and the 

 7,'esult will be found in the following pages. 



It is felt that by publishing the Vocabularies which have been 

 collected in the last three years, even though several of the Dialects 

 are very incomplete, those who have given the Society their 

 assistance, and to whom the best thanks are due, will see that 

 their labour is not lost ; whilst others, who hold the Vocabulary 

 forms and have the opportunities of supplying an unknown 

 dialect, may be reminded of the fact, and still others of our 

 numerous members, when they receive this number of the Journal 

 may, by themselves or their friends, assist in furthering an object 

 which cannot but be of much interest to Ethnologists and Philo- 

 logists in all parts of the world. 



F. A. S vVETTENHAM, 



Honorary Secretary. 



