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10 Tangambalanga—is distant only twenty-two miles from Barnawartha; Barnawartha is about one hundred and three miles from Echuca; Echuca is twenty-seven miles from Gunbower; Gunbower is about fifty-seven miles from Kulkyne; Kulkyne is eleven miles from Tyntyndyer; Tyndyndyer is about one hundred miles from Mildura; and Mildura is sixteen miles from Yelta. The distance, in a straight line, between Tangambalanga and Yelta is not less than three hundred and thirty miles.

Comparing the first two in the list—Tangambalanga and Barnawartha—it is apparent that eight words in the list may be regarded as identical, and eight more, at least, as having the same roots; that is to say, sixteen words at least out of the thirty coincide. Comparing Tangambalanga with Yelta, it is seen that there are no two words in the list exactly alike, but fourteen at least have the same roots.

It will be observed that pronouns are in some cases tacked to the words in the tables, but the reader will find no difficulty in recognising these in the places where they occur.