Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.2- Appendix): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

APPENDIX. 135 No. 15. In the foUowing^ fragment of a Vocabulary the vowels should be sounded as in the English syllables, bah, bat, eel, bet, I, bit, no, top, rule, but, hay ; and the consonants as in English, but giving to kh a very guttural sound. One Fuegian expression, something lilie the cluck of a hen, can scarcely be represented by our letters ; its mean- ing is " no." FRAGMENT OF A VOCABULARY OF THE ALIKHOOLIP AND THE TEKEENICA LANGUAGES. Also some Words of those spoken by the PATACoKLiN (Tehuel-het) and Chonos Indiaks. ENGLISH. ALIKHOOLIP. TEKEENICA. York Minster's nanae el'leparu Jemmy Button's name o'rfindemco. Fuegia Basket's name yok'cushla Ankle aciil'labe tuppalla. Arm to'quim'be ear'mine. Arm (fore) yiic'caba dow'ela. Arrow an'naqua te'acu. Beads (necklace) acon'ash. Back tuccaler'khitS am'miickti. Bark (as a dog) stuek'sta wo'ona. Basket ka'ekhu(or)klia'K ka'ekhem (or) kiish. Beads ca'ecol ah'kliJnna. Belly kuppudde Birch apple a'fish-kha. Bard (little) tow'qua be'ghe. Bite eck'hanTsh e'taum. Black fcal Blood shiib'ba shiib'ba. Baby cos* he- yariimate'a. Boat ath'le watch. Bone osh'kia, ah'tush Bow kerec-cana why-an'na. Boy a/il-walkh yar' annua.