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ACHERIA, THE FOX.--P. 42

BASQUE LEGENDS:

COLLECTED, CHIEFLY IN THE LABOURD,

BY

REV. WENTWORTH WEBSTER, M.A., OXON.

WITH AN ESSAY

ON

THE BASQUE LANGUAGE,

BY

M. JULIEN VINSON,

OF THE REVUE DE LINGUISTIQUE, PARIS

TOGETHER WITH

APPENDIX: BASQUE POETRY

LONDON:

GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,

Successors to Newbery and Harris,

CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD;

AND

WALBROOK & Co., 52, FLEET STREET, E.C.

[1879]

Scanned at sacred-texts.com, February, 2004. John Bruno Hare, redactor. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact.

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TO

M. ANTOINE D'ABBADIE,

OF ABBADIA,

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE,

THIS

TRANSLATION OF LEGENDS,

ORIGINALLY TOLD IN THE LANGUAGE OF HIS ANCESTORS,

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF

KINDLY COURTESY AND OF EVER-READY ASSISTANCE,

IS

Dedicated

BY HIS OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT SERVANT,

                          WENTWORTH WEBSTER.