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ABSTRACT OF
q FKdNcELfcAL ExERTfoNs IN AsKA"
No ~, Continued.

T,n'snm. Within the last eight years two
Ctine.e TRANSACTIONS have been undertaken
10 e.,;rely new, the other founded on the
$3.50 version The first was commenced
iii. arier the .aonth Of September 1904.
-, M I.assar, employed by the supernten.
-. ne The College of Fort William, or
- nroh,b,v by Dr.. Buchanan alone. In
shs heg;ninr of 1896, Mr.. Lassar was sta.
.;nosa At Sersmpore. In June 1912. the
A. Testament translated, and he Old To
S.mnel. 5h chapter. 2 A.. ng at that
sine advanced 10 St. John. The second
session was begun by Mr.. Mo'ison, OF Can
ron, abou, the beginning of 1903. BY the
month of April 1911, lie had printed thou. !
.snd copie. of the Acts, Hearing that the
New Testament was printing in Bengal, he
has turned his attention to the Old, and
commenced a translation OF Genesis and
Psalms. This language is spoken by the
greatest associated population on tue globe,
smouutinr r-obsbiy o 500 millions
IL THs SHANscRIr. THIS version
was begun by DR., Carey as early as May
1906 In June 1912 the New Testament
was printed, and ,hs Oh 10 ii Samuel ; a,
which zine the cory was prepared TO ii.
Chronicles" This extensive, coPiois, and
b;phly yeners,ed ingu.ge," In regard 90
the purpose IOT 8haNh u 10 c"PtolIh, ~ iiiS
lam of The East, and " perhaps better nn-
deraood, says Dr.. Carey, thso Latin Is n
Europe. Il is read, however, only by The
more s,uaious pstt OF ,he Rrahmn,.
70. The TILINGA Two distinct YER
atoms have been commenced in tins Ian.
guaye.' The one, however, which The Bsp.
fist undertook and prosecuted to consd
cradle extent, appears In have betn given
,,p. The her was undertaken at ViEaga.
pstsm. early in 1903, by ananda Rave. I'm
der the superm,end.nce of Messrs Gran &
Desrranges. After abe death OF M. Gran
IN 1899. thc work Of rey,ssl deyohed Who'll
4, On Mi peseranges, who had no sooner
finished The resisal of he frs, three K ssptl,.
than he was removed By dealh IN 1910
The translation of the N " Testament his
aimee been completed, and hat Of the Old
commenced by Messrs. Gordon and Lee
In 1911 the three Gospels were pu' 10 press
At Serampore by The e responding Com
,nit,ee of The Bible Society. The work is
still IN the press, and the printing is cou.
duc,ed under the eye of Amanda RsyeF.-
The iaiinga l. sae iangusg- of the North.
ern Sircars, one Of he four gres, Provinces
Of The British Empire in Hindostsn and IS
supposed 60 be spoken BY abou, nine millions
Of people.
10 TIE CUzsaATrsR. This version
v,s begun by the Baptist Missionaries in
1906 bot it seems to have been discontin
ned. ssie is NOT men,i ned, IN their report
Of June 1912
ii. TAE Segx, Or Shikh. This version
was bsgun oy The Bsp ist Missionaries, IN
1890. The tram. ion has been carried TO
Ac,s 4sh chap,t, and he printing 10 Lux
IN chaper This language i, sometimes
called the punlshee and the province OF
Labor, the chiet seat ofthe Seeks, Ia called
the Puni.b. l. lies on The easier n branches
ofthe Indus. The numerous naiion OF the
Seek, occupies, besides The province of
Labor, thai OF Moul an and part OF Della.
ID. tbs MALAYALIa. THIS version
was Begun IN 1876 at the ms ance ot DR..
Buchanan, by M Dpnys,us. Mstropoiran
OF the Syri4n chu Oh IN Mslsbar In anti
airy 1898, the NV Testament VS. transla
ted and carried oy DR.. 3uchaRasn in bonn
bay TO be printed In Septembaf 1871. the
printing had advanced to JOHN XII has
is the iangu. &c Of the ceuntrlot 1Fasancore
md Malsbar, region con aiaing by com.
bulit.on $4,000 Syrian, 10000 Syro-
Roman CHRISTIANS, besides many Jews anu
pagans
10. Tgs Durham This version was
begun at Seram pore in he spring of 1877,
by native employed 10 assist the two Bsp
sist Missionaries s,ined Tor Il lngoon and
has been prosecute ID by them since hey have
been stationed al that place. In Junc 1872
she copy was prepared TO Luke XVIII |.
bu, the printing atpe.r' not to haze been
segur.-This is the language of tie Dur.
mn cmpire, whiclis suppose lJcon am
povila.ion of seventeen millions.
AZ. The CARSATA. This version W s
begun at 81 ampoie before the end VI July
1877. The New Testament has been t,ans-
lated g. a parl of tue Oid. Mathew mas b. en-
revised for he pres. bus In June 1872,
The printing had not been commenced.-
The Carna,s appears to he the lsngu &c o!
district, W icb lies between tie Teiinga
and the Ismul coun ~, and is SAID 10 be
spoken hyseyen millions Of people
10 Tue ARABIC THIS version was
begun Al Dnapore, NY Ssbat, the belsning
OF 1903. The New Testament was FINISH
I'd by DC ober l9ll. At tie last dates,
there is M evidence, that the printing was
beg,n.-Nex. to the Chinese, this IL ihe
3 NOS important language " A.le, The
rseic version, In regard 70 the extent Of
country, thro' which II will spre adj ssys Nj
M.riyn," IS Of more i'm oriance than one
fourlh OF all the TRANSACTIONS now in hand Z"
And DR.. buchanAn SAYS the Arabic Ian.
engc is known TO almost Mid bUf q
qhta IN the Est
-. TBs AFGHAN or Pushfo, spoken in
Aishsnistan 40. IHE CAsHMIHIAs or
6afdeng, 'poktn in lie provinces Of Cash
Inlie-2l. Tie MdIl,Vian, spoken n the
Islands ot that namo.-22. The Bays or
SaISese, the language OF grea, part Of ,he
Island OF CeleOss-23 The Macessdr. spo-
Sse IN sho her part "a Lhe island just men.