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derivation, and of a similar signification in both 

 languages I am inclined, however, to think this 

 merely an accidental resemblance. 



* If this is not^ as our author sufifioses^ merely a casual resem' 

 blance of a few words, which frequently occurs in languages ra- 

 dically different, it certainly affords much ground for curious 

 sheculation ; and we may, fierhaps, be led to consider the tradition 

 of a Phenician or Carthaginian colony in America, as not altoge- 

 ther so destitute of firobability, esjiecially, as the language of the 

 Chilians, so different from that of any other of the American 

 tribes, appears to indicate a different origin.,.. AmQV. Trans. 



