[Footnote 52: See note on Numerals.]
[Footnote 53: The nearest sound to that of flail which a native of Loo-Choo could utter was that of Freyroo; generally speaking they found great difficulty in pronouncing English words. The nearest sound to that of our l was Airoo, and to that of vil was Bayroo.]
[Footnote 54: See note on Numerals.]
[Footnote 55: See Sentences Nos. 45, 47, and 48.]
[Footnote 56: The intention of departing from a house is generally announced by Cung, cung.]
[Footnote 57: The hair of the natives is formed into a knot on the crown of the head, and fastened by two pins of silver or brass, the one ornamented by a flowered head, called kamma-shishee, and the other ooshee-thushee. That worn by the children is called jeefa.]
[Footnote 58: This word is used to denote a tree as well as a hand; this probably arises from the similarity; considering the hand as the trunk, and the fingers the branches of the tree.]
[Footnote 59: A piece of China crape, or very fine paper, is used as a handkerchief by the superior classes of the natives, and is generally worn in the bosom: the lower orders substitute a coarser kind of paper.]
[Footnote 60: A negative in frequent use.]
[Footnote 61: This word may be applied to being in want of water.]