[Footnote 34: This word signifies both a cask and a candlestick.] [Footnote 35: See Sentence No. 70.] [Footnote 36: _Noo_ seems to express _of_, or the _'s_ used in the English language: as _Ooshee noo chee_, the cow's milk, or the milk of the cow; _Ooshee noo ka_, the bullock's skin, or the skin of the bullock; _Doochoo noo choe_, Loo-choo's people, or the people of Loo-choo; and will be found in a variety of other instances.] [Footnote 37: See Sentences Nos. 18, 19, and 21.] [Footnote 38: The compass was generally called _Kassee tooee_, which two words signify wind and a cock or fowl; but the landsmen called it _Karahigh_, which signifies a watch.] [Footnote 39: This is probably _Oowhoko_, signifying a great many persons.] [Footnote 40: The day at Loo-Choo is divided into six hours, as also the night. In counting a number of days they apply the numerals in a similar manner to that which will be found in a note on _Twitchee_, an hour; but they did not seem to have any names to denote the days of the week.] [Footnote 41: This word is generally used by the master of the house when his guest announces his intended departure, by saying, _Cung, cung_.] [Footnote 42: See Sentences Nos. 74 and 76.] [Footnote 43: See Sentences Nos. 29, 32, 33, and 37.] [Footnote 44: See Sentences Nos. 24 and 107.] [Footnote 45: See Sentences Nos. 31, 36, and 27.] [Footnote 46: See Numerals, Loo-Choo and Japan, Part II. after the Sentences.] [Footnote 47: This word, which is composed of _addee_, this, and _coodee_, that, I am not positive of, and I have therefore affixed a query against it.] [Footnote 48: This is a very difficult word to pronounce, and I am not certain of having conveyed its true sound.] [Footnote 49: See Sentence No. 111.] [Footnote 50: See Sentence No. 55.] [Footnote 51: See Sentence No. 20.] [Footnote 52: See note on Numerals.] [Footnote 53: The nearest sound to that of _flail_ which a native of Loo-Choo could utter was that of _Freyroo_; generally speaking they found great difficulty in pronouncing English words. The nearest sound to that of our _l_ was _Airoo_, and to that of _vil_ was _Bayroo_.] [Footnote 54: See note on Numerals.] [Footnote 55: See Sentences Nos. 45, 47, and 48.] [Footnote 56: The intention of departing from a house is generally announced by _Cung, cung_.] [Footnote 57: The hair of the natives is formed into a knot on the crown of the head, and fastened by two pins of silver or brass, the one ornamented by a flowered head, called _kamma-shishee_, and the other _ooshee-thushee_. That worn by the children is called _jeefa_.] [Footnote 58: This word is used to denote a _tree_ as well as a _hand_; this probably arises from the similarity; considering the _hand_ as the trunk, and the fingers the branches of the _tree_.]