[Footnote 59: A piece of China crape, or very fine paper, is used as a handkerchief by the superior classes of the natives, and is generally worn in the bosom: the lower orders substitute a coarser kind of paper.] [Footnote 60: A negative in frequent use.] [Footnote 61: This word may be applied to being in want of water.] [Footnote 62: See Sentence No. 2.] [Footnote 63: A strong aspirate.] [Footnote 64: See note on _I_ or _me_ (first person) next page.] [Footnote 65: These two expressions were obtained by catching a butterfly and then letting it go.] [Footnote 66: The _jeeshee_, or _vase_, is a stone jar in which the bones of the dead are deposited at the expiration of seven years after burial.] [Footnote 67: The same word (_obee_) signifies both the hoop of a cask and the girdle worn round the waist; this probably originated in the girdle being substituted for the hoop, which appears to have been worn formerly.] [Footnote 68: _Ma_, signifying a horse, is a Chinese word, and was probably introduced into Loo-Choo with that animal.] [Footnote 69: The names of the hours will be found in the second part; the divisions of time will be found under their different heads of day, month, year, &c.] [Footnote 70: While seeking to obtain from the natives the pronouns _I_, _you_, and _him_, I at first got _chooee, lay_, and _meechay;_ but on further enquiry I found that these had not that meaning, they were superseded by _wang_, _ya_, and _aree_, for _I_, _you_, and _him;_ but as I heard _chooee_, _lay_, and _meechay_ repeated in enumerating persons, I have set them down as first, second, and third persons, that being the sense which they seem to bear. The word _chooee_, or _choo_, it would seem signifies man (homo) in a general sense.] [Footnote 71: See Sentence No. 96.] [Footnote 72: See Sentence No. 99.] [Footnote 73: See Sentence No. 101.] [Footnote 74: See Sentence No. 6.] [Footnote 75: See note, "Holding a thing."] [Footnote 76: See Sentences Nos. 81 and 82.] [Footnote 77: See Sentences Nos. 38 to 44.] [Footnote 78: Literally to sew clothes.] [Footnote 79: Literally to work rope.] [Footnote 80: _Skoyoong_, or _Sookooyoong_, signifies to bake.] [Footnote 81: This word, which is composed of _ickkee_ and _ya_ (_ickkee_ signifying _there_, and _ga_, which may possibly have been originally _ya, you_), appeared to me to bear a similar meaning to our _you, sir_, or _you, there_, as the natives invariably called out _ickkeega_, when wishing to attract the attention of any one.] [Footnote 82: See note on the _kawroo_. The _kaw_ is also burned when an offering of rice is made on the _kawroo_.] [Footnote 83: The following are the names of the months or moons.