_Rikaùagè_, I pity, I feel a kindness for any one. Its passive participle is, _Ykáuagřat_, kindly affected by me. Substantive, _Ykaúgřa_, my good-will. _Kauagřankatè_, the instrument, manner, or place of good-will, or the benefit itself. _Kauagřankachak_, benevolent, compassionate. _Ykaúagek_, kindly regarded by me. _Grkaúagigì_, kindly regarded by thee. _Hapagřanatřan_, I teach. _Napagřanatřanak_, the master who teaches. _Napagřanatek_, the scholar who is taught. _Napagřanatřanřek_, teaching, instruction. _Napagřanatrankatè_, the place where, or the matter which the scholar is taught. We now enter a labyrinth of the Abiponian tongue, most formidable to learners, where, unless guided by long experience, as Theseus was by Ariadne, you will not be able to walk without risk of error. I am speaking of those verbs which grammarians call transitive, or reciprocal. In our language, the action of one person, or thing, upon another, is easily described by the pronouns themselves, _I_, _thou_, _he_, _we_, _you_. The Abipones, on the contrary, neglecting the use of the above pronouns, effect this by various inflections of the verbs, and by here and there combining new particles with them. This shall be made plainer by examples. _I love thee_, _thou lovest me_, _he loves me or thee_. _We love him_, _ye love us or them_. The Latins, in this manner, express mutual love, to which purpose the Abipones use much circumlocution, and various artifices, thus: _Rikapit_, I love. _Rikapichieřou_, I love thee. _Grkapichioà_, thou lovest me. _Nkapichioà_, he loves me. _Nkapichieřoà_, he loves thee. _Grkapitaè_, we love him. _Grkapitla_, we love them. _Matníkapitalta_, I love myself. _Nikapichialta_, thou lovest thyself. _Grkapitáatá_, we love one another. But would that this were a paradigm of all the verbs! Others take other particles, and changes of syllables, thus: _Rikauagè_, I pity. _Rikauágyégarigè_, I pity thee. _Grkauagiygè_, thou pitiest me. _Grkauág yegarik_, thou pitiest us. _Nkauágigyè_, he pities me. _Nkauág yegarigé_, he pities thee. _Nkaúagegè_, he pities him. _Grkaúagekápegetaá_, we pity one another. _Ñikaúakáltaá_, I pity myself. _Hapagřanatřan_, I teach. _Neapagřan_, I teach myself. _Hapagřankátápegetà_, we teach one another. _Hapagrani_, I teach thee. _Riápagřani_, thou teachest me. _Riapagřan_, he teaches me. _Yapagřan_, he teaches him. _Hamelk_, I whip. _Hámelgi_, I whip thee. _Riámelgi_, thou whippest me. _Riamelk_, he whips me. _Gramelgi_, he whips thee. _Yamélk_, he whips him.