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24 dubitatione congerunt. Feminæque procul dubio pejores si id quidem potest quam ipsi homines. Ut in albis hominibus "damn" aut "proh! fidem" aut "Dii immortales" ita apud eos verba obscænissima audiri potest.

Ne parentes quidem se retinebunt quominus liberos parvos sermone pudendo alloquantur; liberisque coram disserunt ea quæ nunquam impuberibus dici fas est. Matresque semper pene liberis dant nomina nostris auribus fœdissima præ illorum sententiis innoxia et pura. Puer sæpe nominant Dango Willin (lappa). Hoc nomen extremum difficile expressu significat ut lappa cui affigat hærebit ita homo cui nomen "lappa" sit in deliciis veneris inhærebit.

1. In what way is the article expressed and used in the Aboriginal tongue? (See Remarks.)

2. Is such a thing as gender known in the Aboriginal language? If so, how is it used?—(See Remarks.) Give the equivalents of—

3. How is the plural formed? Give examples, as—

4. How are the adjectives used? Are there degrees of comparison, and, if so, how are they formed or expressed? Give examples—

5. Personal pronouns–