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grec of latitude, speak the same language as the na* 

 tives of the 45th ; nor is there any essential differ- 

 ence between that spoken by the islanders, the moun- 

 taineers, or the inhabitants of the plains : the Boroans 

 and Ilicurans alone sometimes change the r into s. 

 The Chilotes have adopted several Spanish words, 

 but it has been more owing to a wish to flatter their 

 masters, than to any preference of them to their own. 

 Were the Chilian a meagre language, its immuta- 

 bility might be attributed to its paucity of words, 

 which in such cases, being intended to express only 

 the most simple and common ideas, do not readily 

 admit of change ; but as, on the contrary, it abounds 

 with words, it is wonderful that it has not been di- 

 vided into a number of subordinate dialects, as has 

 been the case with other primitive languages that 

 have been in any considerable degree extended. 



CHILIAN WORDS 

 EXPRESSIVE OF NUMBER. 

 Numerals, 



Quigne, 



one 



Mari-quigne, eleven. 





two 



Mari-efiu, twelve, Sec. 



Cuta, 



three 



Efiumariy twenty 



Meli, 



four 



Culamari, thirty 



Quechu^ 



five 



Melimari, forty, &c. 



Cayuy 



six 



Pataca, one hundred 



jRelghe, 



seven 



Efiufiataca, two hundred 



Para, 



eight 



Cu¿afiataca,th.ree hundred,&c. 



Aylla, 



nine 



Huaranca, one thousand 





ten 



Epuhuaranca, two thousand, 



