prayers are composed of stale repetitions; but the hymns are curious, and might help us to a model Christmas hymn adapted to the native taste. [With this view in the original article two of the Native hymns were added; and, as such, are worth while referring to at p. 18 of the Calcutta Review for 1852. The jubilant tone might well become our Urdoo hymn-book. One opens thus:—

And so on. The other:—

And so on.] ¹

Here are a few of the wonders that followed the birth. Amina was terrified by a fearful noise, when immediately a white bird came, and, laying its wing upon her bosom, restored her confidence; she became thirsty, and anon a cup of a delicious beverage, white as milk and sweet as honey, was presented by an unseen hand; heavenly voices and tread of steps were heard around her, but no person was seen: a sheet was let down from heaven, and a voice proclaimed that the blessed child was to be screened from mortal view: birds of Paradise, with ruby beaks and wings of emerald, strutting along, regaled her with surpassing warbling; aromas from mid-heaven were scattered all around her, etc. No sooner was the infant born than, prostrating himself on the ground, the little creature raised its hands to heaven and prayed earnestly for the pardon of his people. Then, swept away in a cloud of light, he was carried to the four quarters of creation, that all