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analogous to the expletives in use with us are contained 

 in the aboriginal tongue. T. W. has composed a con- 

 siderable vocabulary of words." 



"December 10. — Thos. Wilkinsons Translation of 



Genesis, I. 



1. In the beginning God created the heavens 



troteh Godneh pomleh heavenneh 



and the earth. 

 c5-entanneh. 



2. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. 



lywerreh crackny. 



3. God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 

 Godneh kany, trytittyeh - trytlttyeh crackny. 



4. And God saw the light that it was good. 

 Godneh lapre trytittyeh - narreh coopeh. 



5. God divided the light from the darkness. 

 Godneh dyvidneh trytittyeh lywerreh. 



11. God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, 



Godneh kany, coentanneh ninginneh rothinneh, 



and it was so. 

 tibreh. 



16. God made two great lights the greater light 

 Godneh pomleh cathehby weh trytittyeh lackrenneh 



to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the 

 wakehlenneh, tywerreh [moon] : 



night : he made the stars also, 

 narreh pomleh pullenneh. 



17. God set them in the firmament of heaven 

 Godneh propre narreh wyehticketteh 



to give light upon the earth, 

 tringinneh trytittyeh. 



21. And God made great whales, and every living 



Godneh pomleh lackrenneh [great], pynungyneh 



creature that moveth which the waters brought 

 [fish] gadyeh [plenty] pynungyneh, 



forth abundantly. 



