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196 (carlie). In some cases one hears even the Scottish tones of the voice as in—

If we consider slight variations in sound, with or without change of sense, further resemblances arise. Thus we find elk for the Scottish ilka (each), speul, to play, for speel, to climb; spoor, a trace, for speer, to find out by asking; hou (hold) for hud, and ge' for gied (gave), both with dropped dental; stuit, to knock up against, for stot, to rebound; duiwel, the devil, for deevil; loup, to go, or run for loup, to jump. Boer preferences, even, seem to run on Scottish rather than Dutch lines, witness his persistent choice of maak (make) rather than the Hollander's do. Even phrases have a familiar ring to the Scotsman's ear, as "een gang o' water " (very hard to put concisely in English), or "jij moet huis toe gaan" (ee mon gang to ee hoose). When in Fergusson's "Leith Races" we read: "The races done, we hale the dules wi' drink o' a'-kin kind," we have a genuine Taal phrase, "haal die doel," to reach the aim or goal. The dulls are still familiar to