In the fourth place, they have Verbs suitable to express an action which terminates on the person reciprocal, and others still which terminate on the things that belong to him; and we cannot use these Verbs, referring to other persons not reciprocal, without speaking improperly. I will explain myself. The Verb [177] _nitaouin_ means, "I make use of something;" _nitaouin agouniscouehon_, "I am using a hat;" but when I come to say, "I am using his hat," that is, the hat of the man of whom I speak, we must change the verb and say, _Nitaouiouan outagoumiscouhon_; but, if it be an animate thing, the verb must again be changed, for example, "I am using his dog," _nitaouiouan õtaimai_. Also observe that all these verbs have their moods, tenses and persons; and that they are conjugated differently, if they have different terminations. This abundance is not found in the languages of Europe; I know it of some, and conjecture it in regard to others. En cinquiesme lieu, ils se seruent d'autres mots sur la terre, d'autres mots sur l'eau pour signifier la mesme chose. Voicy comment, Ie veux dire, i'arriuay hier, si c'est par terre, il faut dire _nitagochinin outagouchi_, si c'est par eau, il faut dire _nimichagan outagouchi_: ie veux dire, i'ay esté mouillé de la pluye, si ç'a esté cheminant sur terre, il faut dire nikimiouanoutan, si c'est faisant chemin, par eau _nikhimiouanutan_, ie vay querir [178] quelque chose, si c'est par terre, il faut dire _ninaten_, si c'est par eau _ninahen_: si c'est vne chose animée & par terre, il faut dire _ninatau_: si c'est vne chose animée & par eau, il faut dire _ninahouau_: si c'est vne chose animée qui appartienne à quelqu'vn, il faut dire _ninahimouau_: si elle n'est pas animée _niuahimouau_, quelle varieté? nous n'auons en François pour tout cela qu'vn seul mot, ie vay querir, auquel on adiouste pour distinction par eau, ou par terre. In the fifth place, they use some words upon the land, and others upon the water, to signify the same thing. As, for instance, I want to say, "I arrived yesterday;" if by land, I must say, _nitagochinin outagouchi_,--if by water, I must say, _nimichagan outagouchi_. I wish to say, "I was wet by the rain;" if it were in walking upon land, I must say, nikimiouanoutan,--if it were upon the water, _nikhimiouanutan_. "I am going to look for [178] something;" if upon land, I must say, _ninaten_,--if by water, _ninahen_; if it is an animate thing, and upon land, I must say, _ninatau_; if it be animate and in the water, I must say, _ninahouau_; if it is an animate thing that belongs to some one, I must say, _ninahimouau_; if it is not animate, _niuahimouau_. What a variety! We have in French only a single expression for all these things, "Ie vay querir," to which we add, in order to distinguish, "par eau," or "par terre."