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Jan. 1771
PRINCE'S ISLAND: TOWN AND LANGUAGE
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good; at least they dealt very fairly with us upon all occasions, Indian-like, however, always asking double what they would take for whatever they had to dispose of. But this produced no inconvenience to us, who were used to this kind of traffic. In making bargains they were very handy, and supplied the want of small money reasonably well by laying together a quantity of anything, and when the price was settled dividing it among each other according to the proportion each had brought to the general stock. They would sometimes change our money, giving 240 doits for a Spanish dollar, that is 5s. sterling, and 92, that is 2s. sterling, for a Bengal rupee. The money they chose, however, was doits in all small bargains; dubblecheys they had, but were very nice in taking them.

Their language is different both from the Malay and Javan: they all, however, speak Malay.

Prince's Island. Java. Malay. English.
Jalma Oong Lanang Oran Lacki Lacki A man
Becang Oong Wadong Parampuan A woman
Oroculatacke Lari Anack A child
Holo Undass Capalla The head
Erung Erung Edung The nose
Mata Moto Mata The eyes
Chole Cuping Cuping The ears
Cutock Untu Ghigi The teeth
Beatung Wuttong Prot The belly
Pimping Poopoo Paha The thigh
Hullootoor Duncul Loutour The knee
Metis Sickil Kauki The leg
Cucu Cucu Cucu A nail
Langan Tangan Tangan A hand
Ramo Langan Jari Jaring A finger

These specimens of languages, so near each other in situation, I choose to give together, and select the words without any previous choice, as I had written them down, that the similar and dissimilar words might equally be seen. As for the parts of the body which I have made the subject of this and all my specimens of language, I chose them in preference to all others, as the names of them are easily got from people of whose language the inquirer has not the