The ethnological position of the _Dígothi_, _Loucheux_, or _Squinters_, is uncertain. Mr. Isbister, who in 1847 laid before the British Association for the Advancement of Science a short notice of them, stated that their language was soon learned by the Eskimo, and _vice versâ_. It was also soon learned by the Chippewyans, and _vice versâ_. This was _primâ facie_ evidence of its intermediate or transitional character. More important, however, is the following short vocabulary; which is Mr. Isbister's also. Here the closest affinities are with the _Kenay_, itself a language of so doubtful a position, that although the present writer considers it to be Kolúch, most others isolate it. ENGLISH. LOUCHEUX. KENAY. _White man_ Manah-gool-ait _Indian_ Tenghie[104] teena=_man_. _Eskimo_ nak-high " _Wind_ etsee " _Head wind_ newatsee " _Fair wind_ jeatsee " _Water_ tchon[105] thun-agalgus. _Sun_ shethie channoo. _Moon_ shet-sill tlakannoo. _Stars_ kumshaet ssin. _Meat_ beh kutskonna. _Deer_ et-han " _Head_ umitly aissagge. _Arm_ tchiegen skona. _Leg_ tsethan " _Coat_ chiegee " _Blanket_ tsthee " _Knife_ tlay kissaki. _Foot_ jetly " _Yes_ eh " _No_ illuck-wha " _Far_ nee-jah " _Near_ neak-wha " _Strong_ nehaintah " _Cold_ kateitlee ktckchuly. _Long_ kawa " _Enough_ ekcho, ekatarainyo " _Eat_ beha " _Drink_ chidet-leh " _Come_ chatchoo " _Go away_ eenio " _I_ see su _Thou_ nin nan. _(My) father_ (se) tsay stukta. _(My) son_ (se) jay _ssi_-ja. _(My) daughter_ (se) zaa _ssx_-za. _(My) wife_ (te) chiliquah " _(My) brother-in-law_ sundayee "