ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



333 



Maillard (A. S.) —Continued. 



Of the 4 preliminary leaves two are blank ; 

 the title above appears on the recto of 1. 3, on 

 the verso of which begins a table of contents, 

 which is continued on the recto of the succeed- 

 ing (4th) leaf. The verso of the 4th leaf con- 

 tains a note by the Abb6 Bellenger on an oblique 

 casj which answers to the accusative of the 

 Latin, and "which the Abb6 Maillard could not 

 have observed." 



The text begins on p. 1 with the heading: 

 DelalanguesauvageMicmakefsic]. Desnoms. 

 The first line begins with the words: "Dans 

 cette langue les noms ne se d6clinent point." 

 The last paragraph begins : "Si Ton \eut faire 

 pr6c6der la negation . . ." 



The Rev. Thomas Gill of the Seminaire de 

 Nicolet, Montreal, has furnished me the descrip- 

 tion of a manuscript preserved in the library 

 of that institution which he considers the 

 original of Maillard's Grammar, and which he 

 lescribes as follows: It contains pp. 1-44, 8°. 

 Che first page bears the heading "Traite de la 

 Langue des Mikmaques copi6 en 1813 et 1814." 

 A. preliminary leaf contains a "Preamble" 

 s^hich states that the treatise is probably by 

 Kt. Maillard, of which I have but little doubt, 

 for on comparing extracts from it with Mail- 

 lard's Grammar by Bellenger, I find similarities 

 sufficiently striking to suggest tha this very 

 manuscript may have been in Mr. Bellenger's 

 nands. The manuscript was presented to the 

 Nicolet Library about 1883 by Rev. Mr. Le 

 Bois, a cur6 of Maskinog6, P. Q., who acquired 

 it from Rev. M. Frs.-Magloire Turcotte. 



See Micmac. 



[ ] (Suite du cahier) | Accord du verbe 



avec son regime direct du genre noble. 

 [Sequel to the Micmac Grammar.] 



Manuscript, 41 pp. folio, in possession of Dr. 

 J. G. Shea, Elizabeth, Z^Tew Jersey. 



[ ] Cahier Mikmaque qui coutient ] 



toutes les prieres des Sauvages qui ( se 

 diseut pendant la Seniaiue. 



Manuscript preserved in the library of the 

 Archbishopric of Quebec. On the recto of the 

 first leaf is the title as above, the text begin- 

 ning on the verso and including pp. 1-268 (num- 

 bered odd on the versos and even on the rectos); 

 this is followed by a table which begins on the 

 verso ofp. 268 and occupies 6 unnumbered pages, 

 followed by a few blank pages at the end ; 8°. 

 The collection, which was begun Nov. 4, 1754, 

 and finished March 5, 1755, is well written and 

 in good preservation. It includes the morning 

 prayer, baptism, sermons, prayeis for mass, 

 vespers, evening prayer for each day of the 

 week, etc. 



[Liturgic and catechistic writings 



in the Micmac language.] 



Manuscript, 5 unnumbered pp. and pp. 1-356 

 nnmbi red odd on the versos and even on the 

 rectos, folio ; in the library of the Archbishop- 



Maillard (A. S.) — Continued. 



ric of Quebec. Bound in parchment, and con- 

 siderably mutilated by mice. 



On the recto of the first leaf is a fancy de- 

 sign, in the middle of which is written " P. 

 Maillard, pretre missionnaire." The 4 pp. next 

 following contain a notice to the missionary 

 readers. 



In the middle of p. 15 is written P. Maillard, 

 pretre missionnaire; the verso of tbi.- kal and 

 the three following pages contain a notice to 

 missionary readers. On a blank leaf atlai bed 

 to the front cover is a design within which 

 is the note "Pridie kaleudas octubiis, anno 

 salutis 1759," presumably the date of the draw 

 ing; and on the corresponding page at the end 

 of the volume is "Quarto nonas octobris, AunO' 

 Dni 1759." the date at -which the manusciipt 

 was finished. In the various ornamental draw- 

 ings which separate the principal parts of the 

 text are recorded the dates which mark the 

 progress of the work; thus on p. 116 is "11« 

 9'"-i»ann.l757;" onp. 126 "I2a9*'"s 1757," etc. the 

 last date thus intercalated being found on p. 

 346 and reading as follows: " Junii, die vigesi- 

 ma nona, dum apud I). Manach degerem, Anno 

 saluti.s 1759." Pere Manach was a co-laborer in 

 the missions with Pere Maillard. 



The manuscript is divided as follows: 



Les malines du dimanche: Pater, ave, credo 

 p. 1. — Les psaumes et les le9ons, pp. 2-14.— To 

 Deam, p. 15. — Laudes, p. 17.— Prime, p. 29. — 

 Tierce, p. 45 — Sexte, p. 90. — Noues, p. 96. — As- 

 perges, p. 52. — Messe, p. 56. — Confiteor, Acte 

 de contrition, etc. p. 60. — Prone pour chaque 

 mois, pp. 62-78. — Prone pour chaque dimanche, 

 p. 78. — Credo, Agnus, etc. p. 85 — Domin sal- 

 vum, p 89 — Vepres, p. 103. — Complies, p. 114. — 

 Matines du lundi, p. 126; du mardi, p. 137; du 

 mercredi, p. 150; de jeudi, p. loO; du vendredi, 

 p. 171; du samedi, p. 176. — L'enseignement 

 (partie dogmatique) sur Dieu, p. 48; sur Tin- 

 carnation, p. 93; sur la redemption pp. 157 and 

 190; des sacrementa, p. 99; du bapteme, pp. 

 127-128; de la confirmation, p.]38;de la peni- 

 tence, pp. 139 and 150; de I'eucharistie, pp. 161, 

 163, 168; du mariage, p. 183; de I'extr^me-onc- 

 tion, p. 173.— L'hymne Jam lucis orto sidore, 

 office f6rial du lundi, p. 196 ; du mardi, p. 197: du. 

 mercredi, du jeudi, du vendredi, du samedi, p. 

 201. — In struction sur les sept j our s de la sem aine, 

 pp.202, 204.— Autres instructions, p. 205.— Prie- 

 res de tons les jours, p. 205 ; du matin, pp. 224- 

 234; du soir, pp. 251-262.— Psaumes quam dilecto, 

 255.— Fete-Dieu, p. 262.— Dimanches de I'avent, 

 p. 263.— G6n6alogie de J6sus-Chiist, noel, p. 

 265.— Messe de noel, p. 267; pour le car^me, p. 

 273. — Dimanche des rameaux, p. 276.— Hymnes 

 de la passion, p. 285; petit cat6chisme, pp. 288- 

 300 — Abrea6 de I'histoire sainte en catechisme, 

 p. 300.- Traduction du catechismehistorique de 

 I'Abbe Fleury, et abrege du nouveau testa- 

 ment, p. 318. — Cat6chisme des sacrements, p. 

 332. — Catechisme de la communion, p. 346. — Ac- 

 tions de graces apres la communion, pp. 353-356. 



In his notice to missionary readers, in the 



