and if there be any inaccuracies, as I daresay there will, some
allowance must be made for haste, which prevents my devoting the
attention necessary to a perfectly correct rendering of the text.

I will conclude by observing that I believe myself at present
competent to edit any book in Mandchou, IF THAT BE WHAT IS WANTED,
and beg leave to remain, dear Sir, your obedient humble servant,

GEORGE BORROW.



LETTER: 9th June, 1833



To the Rev. J. Jowett
JUNE 9TH, 1833
WILLOW LANE, ST. GILES, NORWICH.

REVD. AND DEAR SIR, - I have mastered Mandchou, and I should feel
obliged by your informing the Committee of the fact, and also my
excellent friend Mr. Brandram.

I assure you that I have had no easy and pleasant task in acquiring
this language. In the first place, it is in every respect
different from all others which I have studied, with perhaps the
exception of the Turkish, to which it seems to bear some remote
resemblance in syntax, though none in words. In the second place,
it abounds with idiomatic phrases, which can only be learnt by