_Egypt._—“Aquæ,” Eiooue, Mōou, Mau. “Seas,” Amaiou. “Rain,” Mou-noshe. “A Torrent, A Stream,” Mouns-ōr. em. “To irrigate, To drink,” Matsos. “A Stream,” Eioor, Erōn.
_Abyssinia and Arabia._—Mi (_Abyss._); Me, Ejern, (_Nub._)
_Berbers and Dongolans._—Amánga (_Ber._); Esseg, (_Don._)
_Fetu and Gold Coast._—Ensu (_Fetu_); Enchion, (_G. Coast._)
_Kongo and Angola._—Masa (_Kon. & Ang._); Mazia, (_Ang._)
_Krepeer and Ashantees._—Itchi (_Kre._); Inssuo, (_Ash._)
_Mobba and Schilluck._—E’ndschÿ (_Mob._); Mage [also Cold], (_Sch._)
_Dâr Fûr and Dâr Runga._—Kóro, (_D. Fûr_); Tta, (_D. Run._)
_Koosas, Beetjuanas, Lagoa Bay, and Caffres._—Ammaansi (_Koos._); Meetsi (_Beet._); Matce (_Lag. B._); Maasi, Ammanzu, (_Caf._)
_Bosjemans, Coronas, Hottentots, and Saldannä Bay._—T’kohaa (_Bos._), T’kamma (_Cor. & Hot._); Kamma, Kamme, Kām (_Hot._); Ouata, (_Sal. Bay._)
1 See notes to D’Oyly and Mant’s Bible. The differences, it is supposed, may have consisted in a different mode of pronouncing the same words, such as exists in various English counties, to a sufficient extent to make the speakers mutually unintelligible! See, also, Eichhorn’s view.
4 Discourse on the Origin and Families of Nations.
7 Genesis, c. iii. v. 7, “And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
8 Adelung quotes Zimmerman to the effect that of the animals found in Europe all have been derived from Asia, with the exception of sixteen or seventeen kinds, and these are mostly Mice and Bats.
9 “A Tree well known in India, called the Tschiampa. It fruit is like an Apple, and it is said to bear both good and evil fruit!”
10 Bohlen (Prof. Theol. zu Königsberg) auf Genesis.
12 “Unexplored” with reference to the Semetic nations.
16 See also the Rev. T. Price on the Physiology and Physiognomy of the British Isles.
17 The Greek, Russian, and German, have all been shown to belong to what are called the Indo-European class of languages. The Finnish, Vater states to be in its roots identical with the German.
18 See Dugald Stewart, on the Active and Moral Faculties.
19 In connexion with this subject I may refer to an article distinguished by great genius and profound philosophical reasoning, which lately appeared in Chambers’s Journal, under the title of “Thoughts on Nations and Civilization.” (See Number for May 21st, 1842.)