English _five_. _F. Sound_ thekaescum. _Haeltzuk_ skeowk. _Billechoola_ tzeiuch. English _six_. _F. Sound_ kitliscum. _Haeltzuk_ katlowk. English _seven_. _F. Sound_ atloopooskum. _Haeltzuk_ malthlowsk. English _ten_. _F. Sound_ nighioo. _Haeltzuk_ aikas. By Mr. Hales, the Hailtsa, of which he gives a vocabulary, differing in some several points from the Haeltzuk (although the two words are most likely the same), is placed, along with the Chemmesyan and Billechúla in a single section, called the _Nas_ class of languages, and probably this is the right view. The difficulty, however, in these parts is not to connect one tongue with another, but to _dis_connect it from others. The Hailtsa has certainly affinities with the Chemmesyan, &c., but whether these are greater than those with the Atna, Skittegat, or Wakash tongue is doubtful. Probably, however, it is as Mr. Hales' tables make it. THE NÚTKANS. _Localities._--_a._ The greater portion of Quadra and Vancouver's Island; _b._ The parts about Cape Flattery, on the continent. _Divisions._--_a._ _Insular._ 1. The Naspatle; 2. Proper Nutkans; 3. Tlaoquatsh; 4. Nittenat. _b._ _Continental._--1. Klasset; 2. Klallems. _General name for the language_.--Wakash. Such is the line of languages from Behring's Straits to the parts opposite Quadra and Vancouver's Island, as they are spoken along the sea-coast as far south as Frazer's River; concerning which it may also be predicated that they are spoken along the sea-coast almost exclusively--_i.e._ that none of them extends far inland. Of those spoken inland, the distribution is very different. It is, at first, over large areas. THE ATHABASKANS. The geographical distribution of the Athabaskans should be studied along with that of the Eskimo; since, like this last, it has an east-and-west, or (if the expression may be allowed) a horizontal extension. It has, however, an extension from north to south, or what may be called a _vertical_ one as well. As a general rule, the southern limit of the Eskimo is the northern limit of the Athabaskan area. ATHABASKANS. _Area._--Discontinuous. _Divisions._--Northern and southern. NORTHERN ATHABASKANS. _Conterminous_ with the Algonkins on the south-east, the Shushwap on the south-west, the Kolúches and Hailtsa west, and the Eskimos north. _Area._--From Hudson's Bay to about 100 miles from the Pacific in 50° 30´ N.L.; on the Misinissi (Churchill) Peace, Fish, and M'Kenzie's Rivers; on the _Athabaska_, Slave and Bear Lakes; on the northern portion of the Rocky Mountains, and on each side of them. _Political Relations._--Hudson's Bay Company--Russia(?).