ON THE AFRICAN LANGUAGES. 377 -ENGLISH. MANDINGA. ARABIC. A man Kia Rajil A woman Musa Murrah A sister Bum musa Kat (k guttural) A brother Bum kia Ka The devil Buhau Iblis A white man Tebabu Raji] biad A singer Jalikea Runai (r guttural) A singing Jalimusa Runaiah (r gutwoman tural) A slave June Abeed A servant Bettela Mutalem Having now given some account of the languages of Africa, we shall proceed to animadvert on the similitude of language and customs be tween the Shelluhs of Atlas and the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The words between inverted commas, are quotations from Glasse's History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands.

" The inhabitants of Lancerotta and Fuertaventura are social and cheerful ;" like the Shelluhs of Atlas ; " they are fond of singing and dancing; their music is vocal, accompanied with a clapping of hands, and beating with their feet :'' the Shelluhs resemble them in all these respects ; " Their houses are built of stone, without cement ; the entrance is narrow, so that but one person can enter at a time."

The houses of the Shelluhs are sometimes