1054 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUTSTICS. 
Rand (Rev. SiUis Tertius) — continued. 
well pass over if yovi wish a full descriptive catalogue of sncli unpublished man- 
uscricts as are in my possession referring to our Indians and their language. I 
send you the copy which I retained. 
" This was its origin. When we sent the manuscrii>t of the Book of Psalms, 
translated inlo Micmac, to the British and Foreign Bible Society, it occurred to 
them to enquire whether it had been translated from the Hebrew or from the 
English. I replied that I had translated directly from the Hebrew, and that 
while I had made use of the common English version and others, I had not ser- 
vilely followed it or any of them, but that my version varied from the English 
in a good many places, I did not know how many. Whereupon I was directed 
to state all the cases in which the Micmac diliered from the English, and to state 
briefly my reasons. I did so. Then we had a committee of our learned divines 
of Halifax appointed to examine my paper, over which they spent a good many 
days. Suggestions were made and amendments proposed, and the dissertation 
was gone over again carefully and revised, then copied and sent to London. 
The publishing committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society expressed 
themselves well satisfied, and I was sufficiently complimented for the literary 
aspect of the work, aud the book was immediately published." 
3185 i [Manuscripts relating to the Micmac language.] * 
1 manuscript volume, 4°, bound. In the possession of a Mr. Hubbard, of Bonn, 
Germany, to whom it was sent by the author, who thus describes it: "It con- 
tains: 1. Materials for a Micmac grammar. — 2. A Lecture on the Micmac lan- 
guage, delivered before a- Literary Society in Halifax. — 3. A paper on Micmac 
grammar, copied from the Royal Gazette of Charlottetown, which was published 
by a Mr. Irving about fifty years ago. — 4. A lot of papers on the same subject. 
The whole was gathered up and bound together for the use of a Roman Priest, 
thenof Pictou, N. S.,now Bishop Ronald McDonald, of Newfoundland, who wished 
to learn the language. He assured me it was of great service to him." 
3185 k Extracts from the Micmac | Hieroglj'phic Prayer book, 
trans- | lated into Eoman Letters | witb some of the words in 
English. I STR. 
Manuscript. Pp. 1-82, 6 11. 4°. This paper is a transliteration of some of the 
hieroglyphs used by the Rev. Chvistian Kauder (see Nos. 2057-2059) into Micmac, 
and usually a translation into English. Pp. 1-25 of the manuscript comprise 
pp. 5-13 of the Gesangbuch; pp. 25-31, pp. 5-6 of the Katechismus; pp. 31-38, 
pp. 52-54 of the Gesangbuch ; p. 39, blank ; pp. 40-82, pp. 6-20 of the Katechismus. 
3185 I [Tracts and Hymns in the Micmac language.] ste. 
Manuscript. Pp. 1-340, 5 11. 4°. Bound. Pp. 1-198 are numbered on rectos 
only, the versos of the leaves bearing no numbers, and usually being partially 
filled with hymns and interpolations and additions to the facing page; from 
p. 199 on the pagination runs through every page. The tracts and hymns alter- 
nate throughout. The titles are as follows: 
1. The only Place of Safety. 
2. The Justifier. 
3. How can a Sinner be Justified? 
4. What a Contrast. 
5. K thou knewest the Gift of God! 
6. Worship, or One in Ten. 
7. The Handcuffs. 
8. The Lunatic and His Keeper. 
9. The Coalmine Explosion. 
10. Are yougoing to Heaven or Hell? 
11. Just in time to Catch the Train. 
12. That is your Man, Sir! 
13. Smashed to pieces. 
14. The Little Garden. 
1. One there is above all others. 
2. Nothing either great or small. 
3. God in mercy sent his Son. 
4. When this passing world is done. 
5. The half was never told. 
