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animals ? 96. Are there popular tunes, or certain rhythmical 
figures in the tunes, which, according to tradition, have been 
suggested by the songs of birds ? 
c. e. 
No. XLII.—ETYMOLOGY. 
Local names, as of mountains, rivers, towns, &c., afford 
important evidence as to previous inhabitants of a district, 
as in the familiar case of Keltic local names in England. 
Well-known geographical names, belonging to the actual 
language of some little-known tribe, are also interesting to 
philologists as easily remembered examples of their language 
and its structure ; while the rapid extinction of many lan¬ 
guages leaves local names as their principal relics. It is 
therefore desirable to draw up a full geographical list for 
each district, with the etymology of each name stated care¬ 
fully when known. 
1. What words, such as hill, river, rock, wood, &c., enter 
into the composition of local names, corresponding to such 
English forms as Black -down^ Sand-mcA, B ex-hill ? 
2. Are the names of rivers, mountains, villages, &c., mo&tly 
intelligible to the present inhabitants, and belonging to the 
language at present spoken in the district ? 3. Do any words 
show old but still intelligible forms of the present language ? 
4. Are there local names not intelligible in or belonging to 
the present language ? if so, is it known to what language 
they belong and what they signify ? 
5. What kind of names are given to— 
a. Men ? 
b. Women ? 
c. Families ? 
d. Tribes ? 
e. Animals ? 
L Hills? 
1. Bocks ? 
m. Mounds ? 
f. Gods ? 
g. Towns? 
h. Bivers ? 
n. Caves ? 
o. Buins ? 
p. Islands ? 
q. Tombs? 
r. Trees ? 
i. Wells or Springs ? 
E. B. T. 
