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KTIIXOLOGY OF THE INDO-PACIFlC JSLAXUS. 



lii Cljinf^ it bHriDji*^ lixPil in 'A, 10 iiiid lOOO, when flit? fUirrenf 1 

 chunfr*'ci dnk, Itik, fhyuk, ki\ ffr it wua mjfivfd frtmi nnotltcr dluli-t-f. 



Of tliH liiter i'4im'ijl < 'hiiiH/jf* foniis', Ink, lak 0— ri^fiN ablf snimit'diiih'Jy 

 to tliik, ebuk— it* oUUt than flte turreiit I ami 7, and it proliiibly tb<^fH'or«» 

 lo.ft iti* identity us the unit, and bct'iiine fixi'diu (5, bi^foie c;h;it i c. bee:iJue 

 the current 1 . 



Ofjvl] the iiiffbr r iimnlji'rs 7 must have bwn the bfit to hpcome ft 

 simple cunrvpt* nnmt'rnb It inu.-t have remain^*] n compound, (I, 1, 

 aftiT fhf! numfs nf'uli the other jiunibfi"*? abovt 2 bnd bet'Diue ijid(;pendenl 

 of thf: tuirmif tiiiit. 



As tbi' jjittiiil t-nnsoiTfrnt iii the moM easFntifil p«rt nf jv ront, tha (ninci- 

 jiRlpliiij*ta <if the unit rtiay bt^ difitixifiuyvwl with reCfrt'nct? ti:^ it, jfn-imft' 

 ri/ and sccopdurif^ — Ibe iViriniT cMiibrncinir bufb the oldm* ^-m, k-iu. k-p 

 fititHS, und the liuor k-k, k-t, g-d ioinij*,— ;iiid tbf latter embi'iU'iiijLC butb 

 the older d-m, t^in, s-m, «-]*, i'h-p, ]~ro, r-ni fonnw, nnd the. latter d-k, 

 t~k, a-t forms. l-W-b oHlifse tvpi^ h;ui si Keries of vnrjjitions, rniiny of 

 Xlu'fa iiittrkii)<; proyi'eri^ivp diiifi^^f'i*, e. \X' the snbstitutwai of i, e, i-'ou'els 

 fur n, Oj (ij (iiid the lo^s of ibptinsd fonsnnmit. Ajiplyinj'' tbest'. di-^niu;- 

 tiona (u Ciiiin-^e, we hwvf found flhta it refjiitw tto iidl pritiniiy fortn* 

 of the iniit, bnt prtsji^'ftsteii n tnntriK ied nnt* tit ; tbnt H jind 10 »jrf» 

 i)ld<*r eeroiidiny fortjis ; tbnt 1 ;n)<l 7 fire biter -Hecondary forms} and that 'T 

 0 is u biter mecondur}- f<jrm t^f » dt.-*tinft tyi>e. 



Ilie iiistorj of tV nuWrul? iJKbe nimftUi<; pro^^ in soino res- '* 



pects clenr^^ but in uiJier.- uWrnre. 



The V£in:iti*.tjK4 of tiie ujiit are uuii^ennifi. Tlie pi insary khuni, khiip, 

 has tidifn the vtiiialitju.- kiiun^^, kbnn, jind is idso jtreset ved in slcntler 

 formti kep, kij*. Th*' iniiinl Ijiiw viijiod to s, h, th, t, d, 1, n, \\ tind 

 the.'^e vnrintionH have rM'f-nrreil indept'itdenitiy in di lit' jvnt eras und in dil- 

 ftrcnee *Trou]»s, The vuwel bo« vsirifd hj^ much us the consoimnt. The 

 final -t, whelb'T ;i deriviitive from -NfT, -n, or iumo'diutdv frurn 



Mil, hud alrio varied in if.-^ (nrn to -s kc, A reference to the fatluvvini;: 

 t4ibj© of typieul variation.- will rtuder the setjuel twore cleiir, 

 frbunij frljuji^r, ghun 



kbiiin, khnn-i;, thun, 



Finn, f-'i'n!<, tnin. 



1mm, bno^, limi. 



thuni^ tbunir, thnn. 



tnni, Uiwi, tun. 



dtim, dnjitr, dun, 



luni, biM^^, Inn. 



♦inn), "Ofgj 

 vniii, run^, nm. 



The diri'Ct intercbaiifi-e of r, 1 with h, also occurs ; atid the aspiration of r 

 ill some nire cases tr:m*iformrt it ijitntlie normal 



The older ]»riniary form of the mi it must hnvc lieen current in l,fi ke. — 

 flsi it still is in 9 — «iien the riducse svMem was iirst carried to Til*t and 

 thence to the South. Iji Tiliet it is reluitied in the Many;ik A-kwi 7 ; in the 

 llijrpa .v-pi, 4"-ka 10 ; nuil a form ge, eormspondin^ with the Soutnern 

 ken, khe of Dopbla &c, h current as 1 in tiyarunfj, nlonjr wifh the 

 myderiitij Mr. I1ol1-i.oii giving tir-wx iar-ge, man one, ada furmiu use. 



