And then they turned once more toward the north and with light
hearts and brave hearts took up their long journey toward the land
that is best of all--home.
Glossary
From conversations with Lord Greystoke and from his notes, there
have been gleaned a number of interesting items relative to the
language and customs of the inhabitants of Pal-ul-don that are not
brought out in the story. For the benefit of those who may care
to delve into the derivation of the proper names used in the text,
and thus obtain some slight insight into the language of the race,
there is appended an incomplete glossary taken from some of Lord
Greystoke's notes.
A point of particular interest hinges upon the fact that the names
of all male hairless pithecanthropi begin with a consonant, have
an even number of syllables, and end with a consonant, while the
names of the females of the same species begin with a vowel, have
an odd number of syllables, and end with a vowel. On the contrary,
the names of the male hairy black pithecanthropi while having an
even number of syllables begin with a vowel and end with a consonant;
while the females of this species have an odd number of syllables
in their names which begin always with a consonant and end with a
vowel.
A. Light.
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