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　　Dat。　　　　Anoi；　　　　　　　　　　to　Men。　Ac。　　　　　　Anan；　　　　　　　　　　Man；　　｜　　　Ac。　　　　　Ananda；　　　　　　　　　　　Men。　Voc。　　　　　Hil…an；　　　　　　O　Man；　　｜　　　Voc。　　　　Hil…Ananda；　　　　　O　Men。

In　the　elder　inflectional　literature　the　dual　form　existed…　it　has　long　been　obsolete。

The　genitive　case　with　them　is　also　obsolete；　the　dative　supplies　its　place：　they　say　the　House　'to'　a　Man；　instead　of　the　House　'of'　a　Man。　　When　used　（sometimes　in　poetry）；　the　genitive　in　the　termination　is　the　same　as　the　nominative；　so　is　the　ablative；　the　preposition　that　marks　it　being　a　prefix　or　suffix　at　option；　and　generally　decided　by　ear；　according　to　the　sound　of　the　noun。　　It　will　be　observed　that　the　prefix　Hil　marks　the　vocative　case。　　It　is　always　retained　in　addressing　another；　except　in　the　most　intimate　domestic　relations；　its　omission　would　be　considered　rude：　just　as　in　our　of　forms　of　speech　in　addressing　a　king　it　would　have　been　deemed　disrespectful　to　say　〃King；〃　and　reverential　to　say　〃O　King。〃　In　fact；　as　they　have　no　titles　of　honour；　the　vocative　adjuration　supplies　the　place　of　a　title；　and　is　given　impartially　to　all。　　The　prefix　Hil　enters　into　the　composition　of　words　that　imply　distant　communications；　as　Hil…ya；　to　travel。

In　the　conjugation　of　their　verbs；　which　is　much　too　lengthy　a　subject　to　enter　on　here；　the　auxiliary　verb　Ya；　〃to　go；〃　which　plays　so　considerable　part　in　the　Sanskrit；　appears　and　performs　a　kindred　office；　as　if　it　were　a　radical　in　some　language　from　which　both　had　descended。　　But　another　auxiliary　52or　opposite　signification　also　accompanies　it　and　shares　its　labours…　viz。；　Zi；　to　stay　or　repose。　　Thus　Ya　enters　into　the　future　tense；　and　Zi　in　the　preterite　of　all　verbs　requiring　auxiliaries。　　Yam；　I　shall　go…　Yiam；　I　may　go…　Yani…ya；　I　shall　go　（literally；　I　go　to　go）；　Zam…poo…yan；　I　have　gone　（literally；　I　rest　from　gone）。　　Ya；　as　a　termination；　implies　by　analogy；　progress；　movement；　efflorescence。　　Zi；　as　a　terminal；　denotes　fixity；　sometimes　in　a　good　sense；　sometimes　in　a　bad；　according　to　the　word　with　which　it　is　coupled。　　Iva…zi；　eternal　goodness；　Nan…zi；　eternal　evil。　　Poo　（from）　enters　as　a　prefix　to　words　that　denote　repugnance；　or　things　from　which　we　ought　to　be　averse。　　Poo…pra；　disgust；　Poo…naria；　falsehood；　the　vilest　kind　of　evil。　　Poosh　or　Posh　I　have　already　confessed　to　be　untranslatable　literally。　　It　is　an　expression　of　contempt　not　unmixed　with　pity。　　This　radical　seems　to　have　originated　from　inherent　sympathy　between　the　labial　effort　and　the　sentiment　that　impelled　it；　Poo　being　an　utterance　in　which　the　breath　is　exploded　from　the　lips　with　more　or　less　vehemence。　　On　the　other　hand；　Z；　when　an　initial；　is　with　them　a　sound　in　which　the　breath　is　sucked　inward；　and　thus　Zu；　pronounced　Zoo　（which　in　their　language　is　one　letter）；　is　the　ordinary　prefix　to　words　that　signify　something　that　attracts；　pleases；　touches　the　heart…　as　Zummer；　lover；　Zutze；　love；　Zuzulia；　delight。　　This　indrawn　sound　of　Z　seems　indeed　naturally　appropriate　to　fondness。　　Thus；　even　in　our　language；　mothers　say　to　their　babies；　in　defiance　of　grammar；　〃Zoo　darling；〃　and　I　have　heard　a　learned　professor　at　Boston　call　his　wife　（he　had　been　only　married　a　month）　〃Zoo　little　pet。〃　

I　cannot　quit　this　subject；　however；　without　observing　by　what　slight　changes　in　the　dialects　favoured　by　different　tribes　of　the　same　race；　the　original　signification　and　beauty　of　sounds　may　become　confused　and　deformed。　　Zee　told　me　with　much　indignation　that　Zummer　（lover）　which　in　the　way　she　uttered　it；　seemed　slowly　taken　down　to　the　very　depths　of　her　heart；　was；　in　some　not　very　distant　communities　of　the　Vril…ya；　53vitiated　into　the　half…hissing；　half…nasal；　wholly　disagreeable；　sound　of　Subber。　　I　thought　to　myself　it　only　wanted　the　introduction　of　'n'　before　'u'　to　render　it　into　an　English　word　significant　of　the　last　quality　an　amorous　Gy　would　desire　in　her　Zummer。

I　will　but　mention　another　peculiarity　in　this　language　which　gives　equal　force　and　brevity　to　its　forms　of　expressions。

A　is　with　them；　as　with　us；　the　first　letter　of　the　alphabet；　and　is　often　used　as　a　prefix　word　by　itself　to　convey　a　complex　idea　of　sovereignty　or　chiefdom；　or　presiding　principle。　　For　instance；　Iva　is　goodness；　Diva；　goodness　and　happiness　united；　A…Diva　is　unerring　and　absolute　truth。　　I　have　already　noticed　the　value　of　A　in　A…glauran；　so；　in　vril　（to　whose　properties　they　trace　their　present　state　of　civilisation）；　A…vril；　denotes；　as　I　have　said；　civilisation　itself。

The　philologist　will　have　seen　from　the　above　how　much　the　language　of　the　Vril…ya　is　akin　to　the　Aryan　or　Indo…Germanic；　but；　like　all　languages；　it　contains　words　and　forms　in　which　transfers　from　very　opposite　sources　of　speech　have　been　taken。　　The　very　title　of　Tur；　which　they　give　to　their　supreme　magistrate；　indicates　theft　from　a　tongue　akin　to　the　Turanian。　　They　say　themselves　that　this　is　a　foreign　word　borrowed　from　a　title　which　their　historical　records　show　to　have　been　borne　by　the　chief　of　a　nation　with　whom　the　ancestors　of　the　Vril…ya　were；　in　very　remote　periods；　on　friendly　terms；　but　which　has　long　become　extinct；　and　they　say　that　when；　after　the　discovery　of　vril；　they　remodelled　their　political　institutions；　they　expressly　adopted　a　title　taken　from　an　extinct　race　and　a　dead　language　for　that　of　their　chief　magistrate；　in　order　to　avoid　all　titles　for　that　office　with　which　they　had　previous　associations。

Should　life　be　spared　to　me；　I　may　collect　into　systematic　form　such　knowledge　as　I　acquired　of　this　language　during　my　sojourn　amongst　the　Vril…ya。　　But　what　I　have　already　said　will　perhaps　suffice　to　show　to　genuine　philological　students　that　a　54language　which；　preserving　so　many　of　the　roots　in　the　aboriginal　form；　and　clearing　from　the　immediate；　but　transitory；　polysynthetical　stage　so　many　rude　incumbrances；　s　from　popular　ignorance　into　　that　popular　passion　or　ferocity　which　precedes　its　decease；　as　　（to　cite　illustrations　from　the　upper　world）　during　the　French　　Reign　of　Terror；　or　for　the　fifty　years　of　the　Roman　Republic　　preceding　the　ascendancy　of　Augustus；　their　name　for　that　state　　of　things　is　Glek…Nas。　Ek　is　strife…　Glek；　the　universal　strife。　　　Nas；　as　I　before　said；　is　corruption　or　rot；　thus；　Glek…Nas　may　　be　construed；　〃the　universal　strife…rot。〃　　Their　compounds　are　　very　expressive；　thuat　which　the　Ana　have　attained　forbids　the　progressive　cultivation　of　literature；　especially　in　the　two　main　divisions　of　fiction　and　history；…　I　shall　have　occasion　to　show　later。


Chapter　XIII。


This　people　have　a　religion；　and；　whatever　may　be　said　against　it；　at　least　it　has　these　strange　peculiarities：　firstly；　that　all　believe　in　the　creed　they　profess；　secondly；　that　they　all　practice　the　precepts　which　the　creed　inculcates。　　They　unite　in　the　worship　of　one　divine　Creator　and　Sustainer　of　the　universe。　　They　believe　that　it　is　one　of　the　properties　of　the　all…permeating　agency　of　vril；　to　transmit　to　the　well…spring　of　life　and　intelligence　every　thought　that　a　living　creature　can　conceive；　and　though　they　do　not　contend　that　the　idea　of　a　Diety　is　innate；　yet　they　say　that　the　An　（man）　is　the　only　creature；　so　far　as　their　observation　of　nature　extends；　to　whom　'the　capacity　of　conceiving　that　idea；'　with　all　the　trains　of　thought　which　open　out　from　it；　is　vouchsafed。　　They　hold　that　this　capacity　is　a　privilege　that　cannot　have　been　given　in　vain；　and　hence　that　prayer　and　thanksgiving　are　55acceptable　to　the　divine　Creator；　and　necessary　to　the　complete　development　of　the　human　creature。　　They　offer　their　devotions　both　in　private　and　public。　　Not　being　considered　one　of　their　species；　I　was　not　admitted　into　the　building　or　temple　in　which　the　public　worship　is　rendered；　but　I　am　informed　that　the　service　is　exceedingly　short；　and　unattended　with　any　pomp　of　ceremony。　　It　is　a　doctrine　with　the　Vril…ya；　that　earnest　devotion　or　complete　abstraction　from　the　actual　world　cannot；　with　benefit　to　itself；　be　maintained　long　at　a　stretch　by　the　human　mind；　especially　in　public；　and　that　all　attempts　to　do　so　either　lead　to　fanaticism　or　to　hypocrisy。　　When　they　pray　in　private；　it　is　when　they　are　alone　or　with　their　young　children。

They　say　that　in　ancient　times　there　was　a　great　number　of　books　written　upon　speculations　as　to　the　nature　of　the　Diety；　and　upon　the　forms　of　belief　or　worship　supposed　to　be　most　agreeable　to　Him。　　But　these　were　found　to　lead　to　such　heated　and　angry　disputations　as　not　only　to　shake　the　peace　of　the　community　and　divide　families　before　the　most　united；　but　in　the　course　of　discussing　the　attributes　of　the　Diety；　the　existence　of　the　Diety　Himself　became　argued　away；　or；　what　was　worse；　became　invested　with　the　passions　and　infirmities　of　the　human　disputants。　　〃For；〃　said　my　host；　〃since　a　finite　being　like　an　An　cannot　possibly　define　the　Infinite；　so；　when　he　endeavours　to　realise　an　idea　of　the　Divinity；　he　only　reduces　the　Divinity　into　an　An　like　himself。〃　　During　the　later　ages；　therefore；　all　theological　speculations；　though　not　forbidden；　have　been　so　discouraged　as　to　have　fallen　utterly　into　disuse。　The　Vril…ya　unite　in　a　conviction　of　a　future　state；　more　felicitous　and　mo