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REPORT-—1847. 
intelligible to our interpreter, Oolibiick, from Chesterlield Inlet. If the fsciBty »ijli 
which an indiridual of one tribe ac(]uires tlie ianguoge of snotber be considered am 
cridence of aibnitj, ibero would teem to be also a close relationship between dM 
lx>ucbcux nnd CJiippewyaii. We had with us four Dog-rib families andthtii- 
caata Dabo-diiinie, who nil in the ooiu« of a single winter qitalided themedm f« 
tiitrrpretera. Jo the case of these Chippewyans, as well as of Ooliluck tin Ih^i- 
m«ux, already alluded to, the difBeulty aecmed to He entirely in the acquiadoi of 
the ti nriit of the language, U»o same idioms and forms of speech being, it woddip- 
pear, eommon to all. 
*1 ho Lourli^ are A more numerous and widely-spread tribe thanisgenenllTBp* 
posed, extending frotn Esquimaux Lake on the east of the XI'Kenrie to foWillfi 
wvcr(a large stream not yet laid down in our maps) flowing into tbc ArcticScsin 
loi^. 152* 14' west. They range in an cast and west direction, oearlyptraDtl t« 
and at no great distance from the coast. ’I’hey maintain friendly relatjons with lbs 
r^iiqui^ux in most parts of their course, but at tliu mouth of M'Eenrie's Riw ibs 
bribes are eontiijiially at hostilities. Widi die Chippewyans, on lire odiabwi 
they du not setm ever to have ha<l much intercourse. They are an athletic uad d^I^ 
loolung me, consUlorahly above the average stature, most of thembehigupwsfitJ 
aix fwt III height, and romm-kubly well-proiiortionod. They have black hair, line 
apavkling eyes, mademtely high check -bones, regular and wcll-sct tcidi. and shit 
complexion, ^ ilicir counteimncce are hondsniue nud pleusing, and capahk of grist 
-^^cy perforate tlic sciittim of the nose, in which they insert IWti Covrie 
ulu*il* joined togetlier and lijipeo with u coloured bead at each end; or Tim 
'in •** of polished bone between four and five inches in length 
J lu9 ornament, on which thoy greatly pride themsolves, is worn by both sexes, swl ii 
on ly assumed Htu certain ago. J’robnbly from a habit of continually eyeiHg and ad- 
niiniig this odd-looking Hppendngu they all Imve a slight obliqiiity'of'Tisioii, tliish 
imparu a poculior nud Roinewhnt .slern appcamico to their counteimiice, It is frmi 
u« circumstance that they derive the name of Zotte/ieux or Srjuinlert. 
On the Lexicograph/ of ihe Senxith: and Jndo^ Germanic Languages 
LLy tltc liev. Professor Jarrett, M.A. 
Alter a few remarks on the advantages tliat might be derived by etlmology ftoa 
aenw ol lexicons written on a uniform plan, the author procewied to offer *«« 
^gesuuns lor an improved method of anaitging the words in lesicami of tbe t»o 
a uv(>named families of languages, and showed liow much this new otraugeornt 
would l^n tlio labour necessary to learn ibcm. 
tf, •' »n^gestion was, that in nil lextcoiis Ihe toords should ba arrungei www 
placed in alj.liabetica! order. This is seldom Jaw 
11 ^ 1 lanwngfs, and not always iu them. 2. For the Semitic, s 
♦ » 7i r®™lcd out of BO arraoging tlie words that all the cognate rooUooiw 
f j P'oup* of cognate roots are so placed that allwordiw 
h. u"” “• r*’- koo'^ug nolhoig of the language as by the jwiM 
^ *’ , letters of a word are those which can nelthef I* 
l>y inflexion. The author has iu the press a Hebrew hntco 
ri ST P**” i a vJw, Uiat, with a very sliifat modification, sp^i 
Kt n ‘“"guaps. The foil.,whig are the rules £r finding any wonl;- 
nut”! /n» pmnoniinal affixes, (2) ereiy 
not fLmS il’^k ‘ JlecMaufa which is not iirelnded between I'mkp'-' 
cxiatinir ^helcttcrsthalrcmainajeoennunearlellers.Undcrest- 
in.Ao letters there are placed, first, all the verbs areor.- 
alnlmbciir.I “A the other words, awaiigfd ah® 
midLT ri.« I '« wr ‘^e no permanent letters in the word, it will be foots 
necottarr «« beginning of the lexicon. 3. The niodiljcaa>» 
acouai^d * j • !”®*Aod to Arabic and Si-riac will readilr occur W » p«*^ 
^ these dialects. 4. The two next suggestion* apj^y to lUl the IsJ.^ 
coasonantM Utoee ivords should be placed together that hate the tone 
> owe s being considered as of secondary importance in the arrange- 
