Excerpt from Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language After the Committee of the Church Miss. Society in England had resolved upon printing this Dictionary, and after they had charged the Editor with the execution of their design, the latter repeatedly was urgent with Mr. Rebman, to give him some historical hints in regard to the first occasion or idea which had brought him on composing this Dictionary. Mr. Rebman complied with the Editor's request by dicta ting to his wife (only a very short time before his death) the following lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.