since after an order from the Director of Public Instruction, he had to prepare books and maps etc., for school use. Concise dictionaries were also prepared for school use. Their popularity is evident from the fact, that they underwent seven editions. Ten years passed. In 1870 he sought and obtained relief from his post at the Presidency College.

Rev. G. Fryar at Mannargudi had also collected Tamil proverbs for nearly eight years. This list was obtained by Percival and he found that it contained only 100 which were not included in his own collection. From the Vepery Press at Madras, a different collection of 4,000 proverbs in Tamil were printed-nearly all of them were in his list.

He translated the aphorisms of Avvaiyar-which had two reprints during his own lifetime.

In 1874 the proverb collections were revised, enlarged, edited and printed again.

He was the chaplain of the “Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum”

Percival was the author of the book “Land Of The Vedas”.

Percival was an old man at the time when his last proverb list was printed, still he wanted his readers to contribute the omitted ones to enhance the list. The future job of collecting and listing them he left to his son-in-law.

With the aid of Arumuganavalar, a native of Ceylon, Percival translated the Bible into good Tamil. Later this Arumuganavalar wrote many books in good Tamil prose on Hinduism.

18. GEORGE UGLOW POPE

George Uglow Pope was born on the 24th of April, 1820, in Prince Edward Island in Novo Scotia. His father was John Pope and mother was Catharine Uglow. Pope was one among a large family of four girls and six boys. From his early years like Fr. Beschi, he displayed a rare love for languages. When he was