By this specimen, I think it appears to demonstration that the language of New Zealand and Otaheite is radically the same. The language of the northern and southern parts of New Zealand differs chiefly in the pronunciation, as the same English word is pronounced _gate_ in Middlesex, and _geäte_ in Yorkshire: and as the southern and northern words were not written down by the same person, one might possibly use more letters to produce the same sound than the other. I must also observe, that it is the genius of the language, especially in the southern parts, to put some article before a noun, as we do _the_ or _a_; the articles used here were generally _he_ or _ko_; it is also common here to add the word _öeia_ after another word as an iteration, especially if it is an answer to a question; as we say, _yes indeed_, _to be sure_, _really_, _certainly_: this sometimes led our gentlemen into the formation of words of an enormous length, judging by the ear only, without being able to refer each sound into its signification. An example will make this perfectly understood. In the Bay of Islands there is a remarkable one, called by the natives MATUARO. One of our gentlemen having asked a native the name of it, he answered, with the particle, _Kematuaro_; the gentleman hearing the sound imperfectly, repeated his question, and the Indian repeating his answer, added _öeia_, which made the word _Kematuaroöeia_; and thus it happened that in the log book I found _Metuaro_ transformed into _Cumettiwarroweia_: and the same transformation by the same means, might happen to an English word. Suppose a native of New Zealand at Hackney church, to inquire “What village is this?” the answer would be, “It is Hackney:” suppose the question to be repeated with on air of doubt and uncertainty, the answer might be, “it is Hackney indeed,” and the New Zealander, if he had the use of letters, would probably record, for the information of his countrymen, that during his residence among us he had visited a village called “Ityshak neeindede.” The article used by the inhabitants of the South Sea islands, instead of _he_ or _ko_, is _to_ or _ta_, but the word _öeia_ is common to both; and when we began to learn the language, it led us into many ridiculous mistakes. But supposing these islands, and those in the South Seas, to have been peopled originally from the same country, it will perhaps for ever remain a doubt what country that is: we were, however, unanimously of opinion, that the people did not come from America, which lies to the eastward; and except there should appear to be a continent to the southward, in a moderate latitude, it will follow that they came from the westward.