King George's Sound.] TERRA AUSTRALIS. 67 
more so, indeed, than our language was to them. Several English 1802. 
words they pronounced perfectly ; whilst of such where an for an anuary ' 
s entered, they could make but little: Finger, was pronounced 
bing-gah, ship, yip ; and of King George, they made Ken Jag-ger. In 
the difficulty of pronouncing the / and s, they resemble the Port- 
Jackson natives ; and the word used by them in calling to a distance, 
can-wait ! ( come here,) is nearly similar to cow-ee ! The word also 
to express eye, is nearly the same. But in the following table, which 
contains all the words that, with any certainty, I was able to collect, 
the most essential differences will be found, both from the Port- 
Jackson language, and from that of the south end of Van Diemen's 
Land ; and the words collected by Captain Cook at Endeavour 
River bear no resemblance to any of them. 
English. 
K .George's Sound, 
Port Jackson.* 
Van Diemen's Land.f 
Head 
Kaat 
Ca-ber-ra 
Hair 
Kaat-jou 
De-war-ra 
Pelilogueni 
Nose 
Mo-il 
No-gro 
Mugui (Miiidge, Cook) 
Checkerboard 
Ny-a-nuk 
Yar-rin 
Canguine 
Teeth 
Yea-al 
Da-ra 
Pegui or Canan(Kamy, C.) 
Ear 
Du-ong 
Go-ray 
Vaigui (Koygee, Cook) 
Lips 
Ur-luk 
Wil-ling 
Mogude lia 
Throat 
Wurt 
Cad-le-an 
Nipple 
Bpep 
Na-bung 
Belly 
Ko-bQl 
Bar-rong 
Lomangui 
Posteriors 
Wa-la-kah 
Boong 
Nune 
Thigh 
Dtou-al 
Knee 
Wo-nat 
Go- rook 
Ronga 
Leg 
Maat 
Dar-ra 
Lerai 
Foot 
Jaan 
Ma-no-e 
Pere 
The sun 
Djaat 
Co-ing 
Panubere 
* From Collins' Account of the English colony in New South Wales, Vol. I. p 610-611. 
f Voyage de D' Entrecasteauz; par M. de Rossel. Tome I. p. 552 et seq. These words 
are written after the French pronunciation of the letters. 
