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Letter 31: Undated

To the Rev. A. Brandram

 

(ENDORSED. recd. Feb. 15, 1836)

The following Translations into the Romanee, or language of the Spanish Tchai, Tchabos, Gitanos, Callos, or Gypsies, were made by me at Badajoz during the first two weeks of January 1836.

THE 15TH CHAP. OF THE BLESSED GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE.

 

[Here follow thirty-two verses of the translation, followed by a version of the Lord's Prayer.]

 

SPECIMENS OF THE HORRID CURSES IN USE AMONGST THE SPANISH GYPSIES.

 

[Here follow sixteen of these 'curses,' to each of which is added a rendering in English.]