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oliua. The information thus obtained affords an excellent basis for 

 future work in this direction. 



From July 1 to August 1, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt was engaged in ar- 

 ranging alphabetically the recorded words of the Tuscarora-English 

 dictionary mentioned in former reports, and in the study of adjective 

 word-forms to determine the variety and kind of the Tuscarora moods 

 and tenses. After his return from the field, Mr. Hewitt recorded 

 and tabulated all the forms of the personal pronouns employed in the 

 Tuscarora language. Studies were also prosecuted to develop the 

 predicative function in the Tuscarora speech. All the terms of con- 

 sanguinity and affinity as now used among tbe Tuscarora were recorded 

 and tabulated. Literal translations of many myths collected in the 

 fields were made, and free translations added to four of them. In all 

 of these studies linguistic notes were made relating to etymology, pho- 

 nesis, and verbal change. 



Mr. James C. Pilling has, as usual, given all the time he could spare 

 from his executive duties to the preparation of bibliographies of North 

 American languages. The Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages 

 was completed early in the fiscal year and the edition was issued in 

 February last. In the mean time a Bibliography of the Muskhogean 

 Languages has been compiled, the manuscript of which was sent to the 

 printer January 8, 1889, the first proof received Febuary 9, and proof- 

 reading completed early in June. The edition, however, was not de- 

 livered during the fiscal year. Early in March, 1889, Mr. Pilling made" 

 a trip to Philadelphia to inspect the linguistic material, particularly the 

 manuscripts, belonging to the American Philosophical Society. The 

 library authorities gave him every facility, and much new material was 

 secured. In June Mr. Pilling made a somewhat extended trip through 

 New England States and into Canada, visiting the Astor, Lenox, and 

 the Historical Society libraries in New York ; the libraries of the Athe- 

 neum. Public, Massachusetts Historical Society, and the American 

 Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in Boston ; that of Har- 

 vard University, in Cambridge ; the American Antiquarian Society, in 

 Worcester, and the private library of Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, in 

 Hartford. In Canada he visited the library of Laval University, and 

 the private library of Mr. P. Gaguon, in Quebec, of St. Mary's College 

 and Jacques Cartier School, in Montreal, and various missions along 

 the St. Lawrence Eiver, with a view of inspecting the manuscripts left 

 by the early missionaries. In addition to these he visited many smaller 

 institutions, private libraries, and publishing houses, and the result of 

 the whole trip was the accumulation of much new material for insertion 

 in the Algonquian bibliographj'. It is thought that the manuscript for 

 this publication will be in shape to send to the printer before the close 

 of the year 1889. 



Mr. W. H. Holmes has continued to edit the illustrations for the Bu- 

 reau publications, and has besides engaged actively in his studies of 



