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6 they indicate a common origin, or merely suggest the probability of a small infusion of words of Sanscrit derivation through the occasional visits of Arabs or Malays, it is difficult to say. The latter supposition appears not improbable."

Mr. Threlkeld, quoting from a paper furnished him by W. A. Miles, Esq., gives the following comparisons:—

Mr. Taplin says he made a collection, some time since, of those words of the native language which most resemble English words, or words of languages from which English is derived. The words he has given are, he adds, pure native, that is, Yarildewallin.

I here quote a few of these words from Mr. Taplin's work, with additions showing the derivations:—