fiiinrk in wost mid uorth-wost of Victoria. In 

 1 the Cfipc i?ivei' in Queensland, there are red 

 s which the ))Lick^ call ' beera,' altlioucrli the 

 is ' l.uka.' Th<- ^^ ord ' boora, (or ^v ord.^ aliiu^st 

 tie;, havd in-,/i,Hj,.r.> in the soutli of Queensland, 

 -r in New South Wales, and in Gij.psland, 



hat the root -hir' or ' pir' originally ineant 

 )r extremity, and heeanie specialized for such 



feature ot Ww \ n-t<jrian dialects distin<,'uishini,^ them from those ot 

 Xew South Wales and (Queensland and was also a peculiar feature 

 of the TnMi.an;.-,n lan^'uaoe f Mirmi>,ed that a common lineage was 



woi'ds ije<,dnnn,u with ' 1 ' ol.tainahh' by me with Tasmanian wonls 

 Jiawn- th.. .,M„e i,iiii;i|, I find so laro,. ,i nund)er in the one .et. 



coi.u. to the , 



."uiiisioji that 'Vi.aorian word, with ' 1 ' initial an 



line.ti d,.s,.en 





It i.^ one , 



>t rhe recognised test, of tlir truth of a hypothesis 



thatitop<.n. 



th" doorfof.-u-ts othf, thar> what wa. first discovered 



I'V It I'hi^ 



T( ^t can }je ;)ppl]..d toxerify tlie hypothesis here 



onuneiated r 



-warding this elL of .ords 'hax ing initial ' 1.' By 



its means I h 



aNt' discoNered thatatleasi in Australia, and perhaj)^ 



in Tasmania. 





time confuses 



1 and perhaps coalescin- aiul interchantjeable sounds. 



Prof. .Mmn 



Muller givesT son.e nustances of the '-confusion 



l-et ween two 



consonants in th.> .same dialect" which he re-ards a^ 



.1 rharu-terisi 



u; of the lower stajre.s of human .speech. There seems 



to h.ive l)eeii 



a very ancient confusion of this kind between the 



povv,.,.. of T 



and consonantal - y in Au.stralia,. English 'v " or 





-oiiantal, may \erv .■;isil\ thi-ough defects of liearmg 



or uttf-ranr,. 





^^ar ,-l<,-„-|\ 1 



'-Ml. Exanlpll-s ;uv'',nmmorVnougL Compare 



the huliHii < 



'Huption of Lrs Anuhii. to Yankee, .such fonn.s hs 



