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verns that gave them shelter, and the nature of 

 the tree that overshadowed the springs. 



It has been long imagined, that the language 

 of the Guanches had no analogy with the living 

 tongues ; but since the travels of Hornemann, 

 and the ingenious researches of Marsden and 

 Venturi, have drawn the attention of the learned 

 to the Berbers, who like the Sarmatic tribes, 

 occupy an immense extent of country in the 

 north of Africa, we find, that several Guanche 

 words have common roots with words of the 

 Chilha and Gebali dialects *. We shall cite for 

 instance the words : 



Heaven, in Guanche— Tigo ; in Berberic, Tigot. 



Milk . . Ahoj . . Acho. 



Barley . . Teraasen . . Tomzeen. 



Basket . . Carianas . . Carian. 



Water . . Aenum . . Anan. 



I doubt whether this analogy is a proof of a 

 common origin ; but it is an indication of the 

 ancient connexion between the Guanches and 

 Berbers, a tribe of mountaineers, in which the 

 Numidians, the Getuli, and the Garamanti are 

 confounded, and who extend themselves from 

 the eastern extremity of Atlas by Harutsch and 

 Fezzan, as far as the oasis of Siwah and Augela. 

 The natives of the Canary Islands called them- 

 selves G uanches from g uan, man ; as the Ton- 



* Adelung und Vater, Mithridates, t. iii, p. 60. 



