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their own accord; and as they ſcarce had any other Method of not loſing each other, than that of remaining conſtantly in each other's Sight, they ſoon came to ſuch a paſs of Forgetfulneſs, as not even to know each other, when they happened to meet again. I muſt further obſerve, that the Child having all his Wants to explain, and conſequently more things to ſay to his Mother, than the Mother can have to ſay to him, it is he that muſt be at the chief Expence of Invention, and the Language he makes uſe of muſt be in a great meaſure his own Work; this makes the Number of Languages equal to that of the Individuals who are to ſpeak them; and this Multiplicity of Languages is further increaſed by their roving and vagabond kind of Life, which allows no Idiom time enough to acquire any Conſiſtency; for to ſay that the Mother would have dictated to the Child the Words he muſt employ to aſk her