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TIMMANEE.
"TIMMANI is a small country
on the coast of Western Africa, watered by the Scarcies and the Lower
Rokelle, and adjoining Sierra Leone.
The language is a Mandingo
dialect. A version of the
Gospel
according to St. Luke in this dialect has been prepared by the Rev. Messrs.
Schlenker and Schmid,
agents of the Church My. Society, but it has not yet been committed to
the press. Mr. Schmid
has subsequently translated the Epistle to the Romans into the Timmanee
language. A small book,
containing extracts from the Scriptures, with Prayers and Hymns for the use of
the school at Port
Lokkoh, has been printed by the Church My. Society; and
this, with the translation of
St. Matthew's Gospel, executed in 1848 by Mr. Schlenker, but not yet
printed, comprises all that has
hitherto been effected towards bestowing the Scriptures on this negro
nation. One cause of the
opposition encountered by mies. in this country is the prevalence of
Moh_mm_danism, in the
lax profession of which many of the Timmanees live."--The Bible of
Every Land. (1860, Second Edition) Samuel Bagster [Info only]
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