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IV of tho oommon language, of India, together tvith ll.e md derived 
ftf thp ahfirigtnal ffoni tbglearned tongue. , , . ■ i «lin cotroml 
T^ucUPO'P^iysWog^al comparison beurceu the atetigmea and tbo several 
«^n of ihe Caucasian family in India baa yet been made. 
On «Ttain iieif Vocabularies front Me Eastern Coast of Africa. 
By His Excellency tbc Cbevalier Hunsen. 
V«buUrits and Grammars in four lanpuagcs have been forwarded to the Cburcb 
K<M.>ry Society bv U.e Bev. Dr. J. L. Krapf. These represent— 
L J (Lua 2)«/ec?,—Spoken as far south a* four dcCTees south latitude, diScnug 
ia uiiy uoinfs from llic CalU of Abyssiuia, and reseuilbng m a remarkable m^icr 
aomsii dialect of Barawa. Remarkable also for containing a number of Amhanc 
•ditkiopic word*. Tliis language belong# to a different class from the three fol- 
ikcM being related to escli oilier. 
11. «. The SuwMi. b. The Pocanw. e. The Watuka. _ 
f. The Sambtii is the general kugniige of the coast of Zanzibar, known at present 
til) ikrouflb the medium of short and incompleto vocabularies. . 
k The Pocomo is spoken by the Poootno tribes resident on the banks of fh® 6T6®» 
fiitr Pokoioosi (the Miiro of the (iollas) which runs into the so-called Bay of !• ormoso 
"6 itf north of Meiinda. Tlie vocahulary of Krapf represents the partiwlar Fwomo 
isJect of the village of RallimVt, and was taken from the mouth of llaosbi Omar, 
kiiiter of Boniiaia Dfichn, the chiof of the tribe there resident. According to iis 
‘Whwity.the language of the upper course of the river dUft-rs from that ot the coast ; 
mudfocnt *hicLia borne out by the character of the Wakuinha language (or aiBlcct), 
1»bn by the tribe# nf tlie interior, and obviously related to both tbc Ifocomo and the 
Of the TVakiiinba lungmtgc specimens have biicii seut by Dr. Krapt to 
TrtfwMr Ewald of Tubiiigon, along wills voeobillaries of two oUicr languages not 
•'‘•uiotted in tho present paper (tlic Mseguu nud Ukuafi), and ore noticed by tho 
^ iMt-nemed in * Zeitsebrift dor Dcutsohen MorgenlandUcboti Oescllschaft 
Idsftl). ThoPocomo Unguago has adopted many words Irom the Oalla. Itcx- 
'■'-ji fcr into the interior, and is likely to bo of great practical iinportaiico m 
‘Uiwa rewarcheg. 
f- The If(iniitn language is spoken, to the north and west of Mombaz, by the tribes 
^^bbai, Keriima, Kambe, and Dshogai; tbc auuthovn idiom of tbo Wadigo Wanika 
‘^difloring a liule from that of those of the north. 
ibace June, a vocabulary of an additional Suwuhili dialect has been forwarded by 
■f.Rrtpf-ibe Msarabaro. It is closely olUed to the Maegua, Wauika, Focomo 
"akamba. 
On the Malay Languages. By John Crawfokd, F.R.S. 
Remarks during a Journey from Whydah to Adufoodia. 
/iy Mr. Duncan. 
king of Dahomey has in bis army 6000 female warriors: has abolished the 
human sacrihcea, and ha# cstablidied the Daboiney law in the Malice 
The Mahee Country is tho Dahoinev name for the Kong Mountains, orfor 
^lon of them contenninous with the Atmngoo, the FcUatab, the i arnba, and 
* Kyo countiiej, 
On the Chijypewyan Indians. By A. K. Isbisteb. 
Jhf number of distinct Chippewyan tribe# i# reducible to eight. These are,—1st. 
^^>J<?ewyan8 Proper. -uJ. iL Beaver Indians. 3 rd. The Dah<«bnn«#. d h. 
W 5th. The Hare Indians, or Slave Tribe. 6tb. The Dog Ribs. 7th. 
uives; and 8th. The Carriers of New Caledonia. 
