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 with respect to Brazilian savage people, there occurred another circumstance, that ought to influence and to increase this result, that is:— that these people were, in general, composed of nomadic tribes; and it is easy to imagine, how gradually from differences of climate and of natural scenery,—from differences in the various objects of perception, each day renewed, whatever they might be, there should result differences of speech, especially with respect to the words, already in usage.

9.—As a point, deserving especial remark, we must declare, now, that in various instances of usages of the Brazilian speech, there are still found certain processes, pertaining to the isolating period.—as for example,—the invariable place of words in a sentence, which, as it is known, constitutes almost the entire grammar of the languages of this kind. But this circumstance, though important, is not sufficient to decide against our opinion, given before; because in Brazilian tongues are found also all the other characteristics, which are, generally, required in the very agglutinative languages.

—« Agglutination, writes Mr. Müller, does not mean only, that in the grammar pronouns