ve examined it with
much attention, and find it a very faithful version. The only objection
which can be brought against it is that Spanish words are frequently used
to express ideas for which there are equivalents in Basque; but this
language, as spoken at present in Spain, is very corrupt, and a work
written entirely in the Basque of Larramendi's Dictionary would be
intelligible to very few. I have read passages from it to the men of
Guipuscoa, who assured me that they had no difficulty in understanding
it, and that it was written in the colloquial style of their province.

G. B.

To the Rev. A. Brandram

(_Endorsed_: recd. July 25, 1837)
ASTORGA, 5_th_ _July_, 1837.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR,--I avail myself of the present opportunity of giving
an account of what has befallen me since I last wrote to you from
Salamanca, which I shortly after quitted. By that time my advertisements
had been affixed in all parts of the city, and several New Testaments had
been sold; I myself had the pleasure of seeing three despatched in less
than a quarter of an hour that I remained in the shop. From Salamanca I
proceeded to Valladolid, distant about twenty-five leagues, where I
employed the same means which I had adopted at Salamanca for the
promulgation of God's Word. I must here observe that Valladolid is a
place where literature of every description is at the lowest ebb, and
bookselling there is merely carried on in connexion with other business,
it being in itself quite insufficient to afford a livelihood to those who
pursue it. Nevertheless during the five days that I continued there my
labours were so far favoured that twenty copies were disposed of, and a
fair prospect opened that many more would be demanded. Before leaving I
gave orders that the advertisements should be renewed every week, as
evil-disposed, persons probably of the Carlist or Papist party, had
defaced or torn down a great number of those which had been put up. From
pursuing this course I expect that much and manifold good will accrue, as
the people of these parts will have continual opportunities of
acquainting themselves that a book which contains the _living word_ is in
existence and within their reach, which may induce them to secure it and
consult it even unto salvation.

Quitting Valladol