The Amerind languages, with the exception of the Maya and possibly one or two others, are polysynthetic, and no other languages of the world have exactly this construction, though, as has previously been stated, that of the Basques has a construction somewhat similar. By polysynthetic is meant a language that permits the incorporation of a great many words in one sentence, till all are fused into one “bunch-word” of from ten to fifteen or more syllables. Examples are often quoted from Eskimo[30] which in our eyes appear ridiculous in their cumbersome length, but they are as intelligible and valuable to the Eskimo as our words are to us. While the Basque more nearly resembles the Amerind languages than does any other Old World tongue, it stops short of the incorporating power of that of the Amerinds. In Basque this is restricted to the verb and some pronominal elements, but in the Amerind it embraces all parts of speech. It is specially interesting to note also that Basque in the Old World is an isolated language, the only one there of its kind. The Amerinds who look alike are not always the ones who speak the same language. Quite different-looking Amerinds will sometimes speak the same tongue, while others who look the same will speak different ones. The Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, while apparently of one race, speak several different stock languages, while some of the natives of Labrador, who are of apparently different stocks, speak dialects of one language. Nor, as has been mentioned, is the area occupied by one stock always continuous.[31] The Athapascan, next to the Eskimo, is the most northerly stock, yet three small branches are found south, on the Pacific coast of the United States, while two large branches, the Navajos and the Apaches, extend through Arizona and New Mexico, the latter far into the country of Mexico proper. In the same way the Siouan[32] lies in the middle region of the United States, but a small band still lingered, at the beginning of the Columbian era, on the Gulf coast in Mexico, and another smaller band in eastern North Carolina, having for a near neighbour still another, which spread itself over three States. These detached bands indicate great movements on the part of the various stocks. One Amerind language, the Eskimo, has been traced across Bering Strait into Asia, but thus far no language has been traced from Asia into America. When the Asiatic and North-west Coast investigations instituted by the American Museum of Natural History, under the auspices of Mr. Jesup, are completed, something more definite will be known on the subject of possible affinities. In addition to the great difference in their formation, some of the Amerind languages do not possess sounds common to European languages, and on the other hand they sometimes have sounds rarely heard elsewhere. The Pai Utes have no “f,” and when they try to pronounce “fire” they can only say “piah.” The Moki cannot