224 D.G. Brinton on Central American Languages. 
American Aboriginal Languages.” Some notice of them there- 
fore will doubtless be welcome to “‘ Americanistes,” 
The first I shall describe is a work on the Cholti dialect of 
the Maya by Francisco Moran. It isa small quarto of 92 
leaves. The first three pages contain a narrative in Spanish, 
difficult to decipher, by Thomas Murillo, a layman, touching 
the missions in 1689-92. Then comes one leaf not numbered, 
with notes on the verso in Cholti, nearly illegible. On the 
recto of the fourth leaf,— 
Arte || en-lengua cholti que qui || ere decir lengua de mil || peros. 
32 pages ina clear hand, ornamented with scroll work and 
pen sketches of birds and grotesque animals. On page 39,— 
Libro de lengua cholti que quiere | decir lengua de milperos. 
24 pages in a cramped but legible hand. At the end the 
colophon,— 
_Fin del arte q® trae no. M. R.fe P.e Frai Fran? moran en up 
libro de quartilla grande alto, que enquaderno i Recogio de nues 
tros Religiosos i barias cosas [anadi6], el R.4° P.e Frai Alonzo de 
P. An 
This is a duplicate of the preceding Arte, differing from it, 
however, in several particulars, being more full and accurate. 
They both seem to be copies of the original of Moran, 20 
the one of the other. 
After the Libro follow eight leaves of questions and al- 
swers at the confessional, etc., in Cholti. On p. 77 commen- 
ces, — 
A ml ona on elegant phrases are added “que mi dio el 
ge 2 
fies 
Confessionario en lengua || cholti, escrito en el pue || blo de sa? 
lucar salac de || el chol, afio de 1685: 
three cares ending with a catchword indicating that it is but 
a fragm oment, 
The remaining leaves are occupi Spanish 
, 7 ne remaining pied by a vocabulary, Sp 
and Cholti, chiefly on the rectos only. At the commencement 
is the following marginal note,— 
Todo el Voeabulario ors co ran 
» el Voca grande deno. M. R. P.e¢ fr. franet? mor 
esta tra Dusido en este libro, Por el ABesedario, i algunos boea 
blos mas, : ‘ 
The colophon — 
En este pueblo de lacandones I fora de los d& 
lores en 24 de Junio dia de §.n paar ica : 
We have here therefore two copies of the grammar and 0n¢- 
