Crossword-Solution: MALTO 5 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

According to Malto Brun ("Universal Geography," book xxii.), "the _mean duration_ of human life is between thirty and forty years," and, in the same chapter, he computes it at thirty-three years.

These are all the details that have been left to us, and they make us deeply regret the loss of those that Antonio should have furnished in his letters to his father Carlo, on the subject of the countries which Forster and Malto-Brun have thought may be identified with Newfoundland.

The various Dravidian languages, with the number of speakers returned at the census of 1901, are as follows:-- Tamil 17,494,901 Malay[=a]lam 6,022,131 Kanarese 10,368,515 Tulu 535,210 Kodagu 39,191 Toda 805 K[=o]ta 1,300 Kuru[chi] 609,721 Malto 60,777 G[=o]nd[=i] 1,125,479 Kui 494,099 Telugu 20,697,264 Br[=a]h[=u][=i] 48,589 ---------- Total 57,497,982 Of these Tamil and Malay[=a]lam can be considered as two dialects of one and the same language, which is, in its turn, closely related to Kanarese.

The same is the case with Kuru[chi] and Malto, while Kui and G[=o]nd[=i] gradually approach Telugu, which latter language seems to have branched off from the common stock at an early date.

The stranger hesitated for a brief space, then said, ’You may call me Malto.’ With that he turned away, and began stepping down from one row of seats to another, walking as if plunged deep in thought, and seemingly taking but little further notice of his companions.