the light of the eye; wasshauzhae, the light of a star, or any luminous body. Keenau is sharp, keenaubikud, a sharp knife, or stone. Keezhaubikeday, is hot metal, a hot stove, &c. Keezhaugummeda, is hot water. Aubudgeetoen, is useful,--a useful thing. Wauweeug is frivolous, any thing frivolous in word, or deed. Tubbushish, appears to be a general term for low. Ishpimming is high in the air. Ishpau, is applied to any high fixture, as a house, &c. Ishpaubikau is a high rock. Taushkaubikau, a split rock. These combinations and limitations meet the inquirer at every step. They are the current phrases of the language. They present short, ready, and often beautiful modes of expression. But as they shed light, both upon the idiom and genius of the language, I shall not scruple to add further examples and illustrations. Ask a Chippewa, the name for rock, and he will answer _awzhebik_. The generic import of aubik, has been explained. Ask him the name for red rock, and he will answer miskwaubik,--for white rock, and he will answer waubaubik, for black rock mukkuddaewaubik,--for yellow rock, ozahwaubik,--for green rock, ozhahwushkwaubik,--for bright rock, wassayaubik, for smooth rock, shoishkwaubik, &c., compounds in which the words red, white, black, yellow, &c., unite with aubik. Pursue this inquiry and the following forms will be elicited. _Impersonal_. Miskwaubik-ud. It (is) a red rock. Waubaubik-ud. It (is) a white rock. Mukkuddaewaubik-ud. It (is) a black rock. Ozahwaubik-ud. It (is) a yellow rock. Wassayaubik-ud. It (is) a bright rock. Shoiskwaubik-ud. It (is) a smooth rock. _Personal_. Miskwaubik-izzi. He (is) a red rock. Waubaubik-izzi. He (is) a white rock. Mukkuddaewaubik-izzi. He (is) a black rock. Ozahwaubik-izzi. He (is) a yellow rock. Wassayaubik-izzi. He (is) a bright rock. Shoiskwaubik-izzi. He (is) a smooth rock. Add _bun_ to these terms, and they are made to have passed away,--prefix _tah_ to them, and their future appearance is indicated. The word "is" in the translations, although marked with brackets, is not deemed wholly gratuitous. There is, strictly speaking, an idea of existence given to these compounds, by the particle au in aubic, which seems to be indirectly a derivative from that great and fundamental root of the language iau. Bik, is, apparently, the radix of the expression for "rock."