The mode Captain Owen adopted of gaining an insight into the Fernandian language was, perhaps, the best that could have been devised:  viz. the sending a person to reside with the natives in the interior, as has been before stated; but the result proved very unsatisfactory; for he added little to what we had previously acquired.  Another mode adopted was, the promise of a reward to that individual who might gain the earliest and best knowledge of the subject.

A VOCABULARY OF THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF FERNANDO PO.

Etwee, head. Isilla, hair of the head. Lotto, ear. Booyah, mouth. Nokko, eye. Lopappo, eye-lashes. Kokalako, chief, or head man. Mohoonka, chief’s wife. Icancunee, little one. Ebeo, boy. Ternapo, mother. Murugudu, eye-brows. Vompo and Mompo, nose. Bello and Wello, tooth. Ezaddoo, beard. Lobabbo, tongue. Lobok, arm. Dialla, hand. Aboobooso, wrist. Anne, finger. Jpapo, thigh. Eddo, and Etoko, knee. Lopola, leg. Inkakase, ancle. Dekotto, foot. Deballe, female bosom. Babilla, belly. Djakkee, navel. Bopa. Motto. Djeecha. Eppoo buttocks. Elleboo, trinket of wood, in form of a bell. Motoocko, belt of shells and pebbles. Dpibbo, bracelet. Longebo, armlet. Touno, black shell bracelet. Ebebbo, snake skin collar. Loppollo, vertebrae of a snake. Eboote, hat. Mu-u, bulls, or cattle. Me-he, sheep, or goats, or their flesh. Kohoko, fowls, or their meat. Tonatchetolo, tattoo, or marked. Empoo, dog’s jaw. Tokko, round shell ornament like a button. Epehaunah, purse, sheep’s scrotum. Looka, man. Daka, woman. Labole, ship. Labolechee, or Epoode, boat. Wattoo, canoe. Ikahaddee, long reed, in the stern of canoes. Kalsokoola, sail. Nossapo, mast. Inkappa, paddle. Bonokee, fishing. Itokka, sun. Tolo, moon. Bockao, eggs. Boka, water. Mooheelya, bar of iron. Pooripoodee, cloves. Sokolaee, Chili pepper. Epeepee, tomatos. Etoka, potatoe. Saly, yams. Beentok, or Lilo, cocoa tops. Topy, or Nakko, palm-wine. Loma, to drink. Looba, or Bata, give. Taleppa, take it away. Omitta, to hold. Vallee anger. Atehee, done, no more, finish, end. Anjoo, come here. Sheerskalle, fine, pretty. Boola, or Lilla, or Illee, one. Epa, or Taba, two. Buelly, or Twelly, three. Betoh, or Totoh, five. Beho, ten. Bo, fifteen. Eeckee, twenty. Olaito, thirty.

It would be superfluous to repeat the descriptions