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| Transcriber's Notes: The original uses a |
| special character of an "n" with a macron, |
| represented here by "ñ". |
| |
| The verses in the section on GESTURES OF ACTORS |
| are loosely quoted from "The Rosciad" by |
| Charles Churchill, which more accurately reads: |
| |
| "When to enforce some very tender part, |
| The right hand slips by instinct on the heart, |
| His soul, of every other thought bereft, |
| Is anxious only where to place the left;" |
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.

J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR.

SIGN LANGUAGE

AMONG

NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

COMPARED WITH THAT AMONG OTHER PEOPLES AND DEAF-MUTES.