ICTHWOLOGY OF THE IKDO PACIFIC ISLANDS, 



ywiif Chin. K-t. f&m,, prindpli in icatarr. 



m^aig- Abor. 

 u)g-*/Diig mother Namsang. 



Nameb of Domzbtic A5I> of some Wild Ashials. 



Hie n^iofis of the more famiJiar quadmpedsj dcsfleetic aJid ift ild, ure 

 more or ItiPS conneetiHl in all poupe of langxtyjfe that retain & pritxvitiv* 

 and lioin(inr5?nt»tjs character. l"he fiame root lias been applied to eeverel of 

 t' est; ([uadnmcds as a jireneric n ime, the species h^Jng deaotoi by a defini- 

 tive, cn 3 quaJitivi,, or th^ addition of 6 second subhtflotivc name. In the 

 pTogreps of dialectic sf-panition aiivl ciiuiifrf, the narjo pure rout, or the Aim* 

 oomjwand, has come to be aiiplif tl to iliftbreiit aiiiuiala in tJie variowa du- 

 lects ; YO'-ablcs originally ideutioid have jic^qiiirod distinct forme ond j»p- 

 plications liy pboneti j fbangrn in one or more of thfir >;4enii'nt3, prindiiELl 

 or a.','cuj*Pory, or by throwing otFtiie btt-; ; and, on the other hand, vocablea 

 originally iJii^feimunr havt* acTuirf d a cJofe reseinWauce, lioots primarily 

 denoliiipr only the pes or a^c have 2( f[«L-{'d a substantive <h.iractgr Dnd 

 bocome i-fj^ti-iefcd in j ai'tii'iilar foiioB, to eertain aniiDuls. Thus worda 

 that first Fipnified mim, \vi ninii, childj ivcn^ Bpplir J to mark the sex and 

 atre of the iriweraniinal.^ ,■ niid in 50nif cases, by the loss of the Bu'oatiintiva 

 name? vhieh flc oTjjpnuied them and by the iiequisition of peculi^j- phone- 

 tic fonni«, tJjty even tii ally BUpeiveded tiicse names, so that • !. e sarae root 

 raay, in th^* f.ainft diftlect, mean not otdy nirm and the xnzjc of lowor spe- 

 de^s, hut ibi' wjH'cies itrclf, male and female, liy the loi^i* of the Hffecifie 

 n'Aiue and the peiniancjicc of the deeeriptive, the' &;ime i?nirial may ac- 

 qiure dist-n- 1 nanira not only for male ond fer,)5ile, aiid Jor the young of 

 ^jtlerent st^rf-s, but ibr other varieties in brecde or individuaJn,— astii:«c of 

 tiae, foim jiud colour. Thus wliile a sin{»le root sometinjea continues to l« 

 sppiit-d— j4«in**d with descnptive wortln or slightly varied phonetically — to 

 lOniaialH of iliflerent i^petaes, t Jie varietira of the satne speciesj ani even 

 Tdiverpitieii in the pan e b^fpd, niay be knoM-n ly difthict rt ot?. Becondaiy 

 foiTOs and applieatioiift have been comnnmicated by one dialect to othe.s, 

 60 that while, on the whok.',ht*ffeiienil (;lojN*arj' of eisc}) pjouf ha**, In- the 

 iJapKc of time, pimvd iu lithiiew* and individuality', wLile pi ■>semn^ th& 

 primitive stOL-k of roots, esich sin<rIo vocabuhiry haV l>econie less hormjre* 

 neous and systeraiitic in its nomenclatore, and has c ver^ lost 3om5 of the 

 archaic mots or compounds. To asr ertiin the radical" st^ick of names ani 

 the primitivp metliod of opplyinfr them we must consider the glossary in 

 the r^i-grecnte. To a.<iccrtiijn the rclntions of ptirticular dialects we must 

 consider euA dtpx^ture from the an-httic system aa a subtitantive Ustori- 

 cal fact. [8ce chnp. V. sec. \\, Novm of Paris of Ui£ Bodift ^. 20&f 

 Afzmes af Dnmi^tu nied Amimh p. 240]- 



Dialectic relations cr.n only be fully understood W comparing wori^ 

 in g"it)ups, conjprifdng all those that we eiymologic-ally related. But to 

 form such irroupfl with nrcuracr donmndd the pertection'of a scienee Vr'hich 

 can kirdZj l^e j^old to liave yet Uke^ a dc&ute shupe. must be ia 



