PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY

FOR

1842-43 AND 1843-44.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR,

RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

CONTENTS.

On English Orthography, more particularly with reference to the

spelling of the Passive Participle. By JAMES YATES, Esq.........

Some Remarks on a Statue of Endymion, illustrative of a passage in

Lucian. By JAMES YATES, Esq..............................

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8

On certain Welsh Names of Places preserved in English Compounds.

By EDWIN GUEST, Esq..............

9

On the Etymology of the word Trap-rock. By HENSLEIGH WEdg-

WOOD, Esq.......

12

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A Notice of European Grammars and Lexicons of the Sanskrit Lan-

guage. By HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, Esq.

On the Languages of the Papuan or Negrito Race scattered through

the Australian and other Asiatic islands. By ROBERT GORDON

LATHAM, Esq.

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On the Origin of the phrase 'Wager of Law.' BY PETER STAFFORD
CAREY, Esq.

57

On the Classification of the Chinese Roots. By J. F. DAVIS, Esq. 58

On the Derivatives of the Welsh word gwy: By the Rev. JOHN WAL-

TERS, Rector of Landough, Glamorganshire. Communicated by

the Rev. JOHN JONES (Tegid)

65

On certain Inflexions of the Old-English Adjective. By EDWIN

GUEST, Esq..........

65

On Scythia and the surrounding countries, according to Herodotus.

By FRANCIS W. NEWMAN, Esq.

77

On Plato's Number. By the Rev. JOHN W. DONALDSON

81

On the Languages and Dialects of the British Islands. By the Rev.

RICHARD GARNETT

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91

On the Structure of the Russian Verb. By FRANCIS H. TRITHEN,

Esq. Communicated by HORACE HAYMAN WILSON, Esq.......... 96

On English Gentile Nouns, and more particularly on their Secondary

Use as Names of Districts. By Edwin Guest, Esq.

On the probable Relations of the Picts and Gael with the other Tribes

of Great Britain. By the Rev. RICHARD GARNETT

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