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19. to arts, manufactures. 
a. to arts and trade generally, or common to all artsi 
b. to several particular arts. 
c. to agriculture and the care of domesticated animals. 
d. to navigation. 
e. to the capture of wild animals (fishing, hunting, &c ) 
f to mining, workers in metals and precious minerals. 
g to workers in other minerals and in hard vegetable substances', 
fwood-cutters,carpenters, brick-makers, quarrymen, build¬ 
ers, potters, makers of wooden plates and receptacles 8tc ) 
h to workers in soft substances, (makers of mats, cane-work, 
baskets, &e., thread, twine, ropes, cloth, leather, &c ) 
i. to workers in plastic and liquid substances, (wax, gums, 
dyes, oils, liquors, &c.) 
k. to other trades and occupations, (barbers, butchers, &c. &c, ) 
20. proper names. 
a. persons alphabetically arranged. 
b places (ib.) 
In each class and subclass we have also adopted a settled 
order of arrangement, by considering it as divided into 
distinct groups, and giving to the words composing them a 
natural sequence, our great aim having been that every word 
should as nearly as possible occupy that place which is most 
appropriate to it. These subordinate groups we have not 
thought it necessary to indicate above, as it would be impos¬ 
sible, by any minuteness of division, to enable those desirous 
of co-operating with us, to ascertain the exact relative place 
or number of each word in a class or sub-class. Entire uni¬ 
formity can only be secured by the publication of such a work 
as we have suggested by a competent society. Even if we 
were able to print our Malayan Vocabulary, and give it a 
thorough revision so as to improve its arrangement, we would 
be withheld by the fact that it is not sufficiently complete. It 
contains all the words in Marsden’s Dictionary and about 3,000 
in addition, but, as we are constantly getting fresh accessions, 
we cannot yet offer it as a basis for the comparison of the 
languages of the Archipelago. 
The compilation of a complete vocabulary can only be un¬ 
dertaken by those who are brought for a considerable period 
in contact with individuals of the race who speak it. But all 
whose intercourse with them is limited to a few days or 
even hours may note down some hundreds of words with lit¬ 
tle labour, and these, where the language is new, will be high¬ 
ly valuable. Specimens under each class should be included,* 
and the observance of a settled system of classification like the 
above, in preference to putting questions at random or upon 
* Synonyms are usually neglected. They are indispensable. 
