Brinton.] ^ [Jan. 7, 



p. 24. "seis soles" is translated " trois soleils.'' 



p. 32. "tres cuentas de piedra buenas"; ''trois ohjets de 

 pierre bleu travailles." It is not easy to see where this sense 

 was obtained. 



p. 74. The space left blank at the beginning of § xiii is un- 

 necessary, and there is no need to supply a supposed omission. 

 The sense is " The adelantado did not occupy the best position for 

 one who had enemies," etc. ' 



p. 116, line 1. The words "les parecia muy mal," do not 

 mean "bien qu'elleleur parCit mauvaise," but "ce qui les defigu- 

 rait beaucoup." Later, on the same page, "euero de veuado por 

 curLir seco," does not mean " cuir de betes fauves tanne a sec," 

 but "de cuir sec de chevreuil." 



p. 136. " Llamanse aora los nombres de Pilar los proprios"; 

 "Leurs noms propres aujourd'hui sont comme Pilar," etc. This 

 is a singular mistranslation. The baptismal font in Spanish is 

 pila, Siiid "nombres de pila" means "christened names." The 

 meaning evidently is "they now call themselves by their baptis- 

 mal names." 



p. 158. Speaking of the wooden idols which descended from 

 father to son, Landa says they were considered the most valua- 

 ble part of the heritage, " tenidos por lo principal de la herencia." 

 This Brasseur translates "ils y avaient la plus grand confianee." 



On p. 174 there are two important errors. Line 2, "losquales 

 llaman holcanes''^ does not mean "a I'appel des holcans,^^ but 

 "qu'on appellait holcans^^; and " que a essos holcanes sino era 

 en tiempo de guerra no davan soldada," means that the holcans 

 did not receive pay except in time of war, and not at all " Quant 

 aux holcans, ils n'amenaient point la milice hors du temps de la 

 guerre." 



Equally incorrect is the translation of the description of the 

 manner in which the natives wore their mantle, p. 186. But it 

 will not be profitable to continue pointing out such slips. I have 

 said sufficient to show that Brasseur's translation must be care- 

 fully compared with the Spanish text before it is accepted. 



A very curious error in translation occurs on pp. 48 and 172, 

 but this time it must be charged to the account, not of the 

 Abbe, but of the Bishop himself. On p. 48, bottom, there is the 

 extraordinary statement that as an article of defensive armor 



