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guage, nor yet the young Men, till they have given fome affu- 

 rancesof their generofity, and the zeal they have for the com" 

 mon Quarrel of their Nation againft their Enemies : This is to 

 prevent the difcovery of their defigns before the appointed 

 time. 



19. For the variation of their Cafes, Perfons, Moods, and 

 Genders, they have no diftinft particles as we have, but they 

 lengthen their words by certain fyllables or letters at the begin- 

 ning or end of the word, and fometimes by the change of the 

 letters .• Thus they fay in the Imperative, Bayoubaly, Co 5 but 

 in the Indicative, Nayoubakayem, I go .* In like manner, Babinaka 3 

 dance * Nabinafyyem, I dance j much like the formation of the 

 Hebrew Verbs. 



20. Indefinite and abfolute Nouns are not much in ufe among 

 them, efpecially the names of the parts of the body 5 but they 

 are always in a manner reftrain'd to a firft, fecond, or third 

 perfon. 



ai. The firft perfon is commonly exprefs'd by the Letter N5 

 at the beginning of a word, as Nichic, my Head 5 the fecond by 

 a B, as Bichic, thy Head$ and the third by an L, as Lichic 7 his 

 Head, 



22. The neuter and abfolute Gender is exprefs'd by a T, as 

 Tickle , the Head 5 but this is not much in ufe. 9 



23. They have different names in fpeaking to perfons when 

 they are prefent, and others when they fpeak of them 5 thus 

 they fay Baba, Father, fpeaking to him 5 and Tonmaan, fpeaking 

 of him 5 £/£/,Mothe*,fpeaking to her,and Ichannm, fpeaking of 

 her , which, with the difference there is between the Language 

 of the Men and the Women, the young an,d the old, their or- 

 dinary Difcourfe, and that us'd by them when they are engag'd 

 in Military Deliberations, muft needs caufea great multiplica- 

 tion of words in their Language. 



24. Their proper Names are many times deriv'd from certain 

 Accidents, as we fhall fee more particularly in the Chapter of 

 the Birth and Education of their Children. 



2 5. They never name any one when the party is prefent 5 or 

 at leaft, out of refpecl:, they do but half name him. 



26. They never pronounce the whole Name of either Man 

 or Woman 5 but they do thofe of Children } fo that they 

 will fay, the Father or Mother of fuch a one j or elfe they fay 

 half the Name v as for inftance, Mala* infteed of faying MaU- 

 kaali, and Hiba for Hibalomon. 



27. The Uncles and Aunts, as many as are of the collateral 

 Line, are called Fathers and Mothers by their Nephews 5 fo that 

 the Uncle is called Baba, that is to fay, Father : But when they 

 would exprefly fignifie the true and proper Father, they many 

 times add another word, faying, Baba tinnaca. 



28. Confequently to the precedent appellation, all the He- 



Coufins 



