It might appear to be a useless distinction in the adjective, when the substantive is thus marked; but it will be recollected that it is in the plural of the substantive only, that the distinction is marked. And we shall presently have occasion to show, that redundancy of forms, are, to considerable extent, obviated in practice. For the origin of the principle itself, we need look only to nature, which endows animate bodies with animate properties and qualities, and vice versa. But it is due to the tribes who speak this language, to have invented one set of adjective symbols to express the ideas peculiarly appropriate to the former, and another set applicable, exclusively, to the latter; and to have given the words good and bad, black and white, great and small, handsome and ugly, such modifications as are practically competent to indicate the general nature of the objects referred to, whether provided with, or destitute of the vital principle. And not only so, but by the figurative use of these forms, to exalt inanimate masses into the class of living beings, or to strip the latter of the properties of life--a principle of much importance to their public speakers. This distinction is shown in the following examples, in which it will be observed, that the inflection _izzi_, generally denotes the personal, and _au_, _un_, or _wud_, the impersonal forms. Adj: _Inanimate_. Adj: _Animate_. Bad Monaud ud Monaud izzi. Ugly Gushkoonaug wud Gushkoonaug oozzi. Beautiful Bishegaindaug wud Bishegaindaug oozzi. Strong Soeng un Soeng izzi. Soft Noek un Noek izzi. Hard Mushkow au Mushkow izzi. Smooth Shoiskw au Shoisk oozzi. Black Mukkuddaew au Mukkuddaew izzi. White Waubishk au Waubishk izzi. Yellow Ozahw au Ozahw izzi. Red Miskw au Miskw izzi. Blue Ozhahwushkw au Ozhahwushkw izzi. Sour Sheew un Sheew izzi. Sweet Weeshkob un Weeshkob izzi. Light Naung un Naung izzi. It is not, however, in all cases, by mere modifications of the adjective, that these distinctions are expressed. Words totally different in sound, and evidently derived from radically different roots, are, in some few instances, employed, as in the following examples: Adj: _Inanimate_. Adj: _Animate_. Good Onisheshin Minno. Bad Monaudud Mudjee. Large Mitshau Mindiddo. Small Pungee Uggaushi. Old Geekau Gitizzi.