Index: ext/fts3/fts3.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts3/fts3.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3.c
@@ -2389,10 +2389,11 @@
       if( *p==0x02 ){
         if( bWritten==0 ){
           fts3PutDeltaVarint3(&pOut, bDescDoclist, &iPrev, &bFirstOut, iDoc); 
           bWritten = 1;
         }
+        *pOut++ = 0x01;
         pOut += sqlite3Fts3PutVarint(pOut, iCol);
         *pOut++ = 0x02;
       }
       fts3ColumnlistCopy(0, &p);
     }

Index: ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3_snippet.c
@@ -366,10 +366,11 @@
   pCsr = sqlite3Fts3EvalPhrasePoslist(p->pCsr, pExpr, p->iCol);
   if( pCsr ){
     int iFirst = 0;
     pPhrase->pList = pCsr;
     fts3GetDeltaPosition(&pCsr, &iFirst);
+    assert( iFirst>=0 );
     pPhrase->pHead = pCsr;
     pPhrase->pTail = pCsr;
     pPhrase->iHead = iFirst;
     pPhrase->iTail = iFirst;
   }else{

Index: test/fts3first.test
==================================================================
--- test/fts3first.test
+++ test/fts3first.test
@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@
 
 ifcapable !fts3 {
   finish_test
   return
 }
+
+proc lreverse {L} {
+  set res [list]
+  for {set ii [expr [llength $L]-1]} {$ii>=0} {incr ii -1} {
+    lappend res [lindex $L $ii]
+  }
+  set res
+}
 
 do_execsql_test 1.0 {
   CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE x1 USING FTS4(a, b, c);
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(0, 'K H D S T', 'V M N Y K', 'S Z N Q S');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(1, 'K N J L W', 'S Z W J Q', 'D U W S E');
@@ -31,11 +39,11 @@
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(8, 'R Y D L R', 'U U E S J', 'N W L M R');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(9, 'Z P F N P', 'W A X D U', 'V A E Q A');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(10, 'Q I A Q M', 'N D K H C', 'A H T Q Z');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(11, 'T E R Q B', 'C I B C B', 'F Z U W R');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(12, 'E S V U W', 'T P F W H', 'A M D J Q');
-  INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(13, 'X S B T Y', 'U D N D P', 'X Z Y G F');
+  INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(13, 'X S B X Y', 'U D N D P', 'X Z Y G F');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(14, 'K H A B L', 'S R C C Z', 'D W E H J');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(15, 'C E U C C', 'W F M N M', 'T Z U X T');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(16, 'Q G C G H', 'H N N B H', 'B Q I H Y');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(17, 'Q T S K B', 'W B D Y N', 'V J P E C');
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(18, 'A J M O Q', 'L G Y Y A', 'G N M R N');
@@ -42,10 +50,11 @@
   INSERT INTO x1(docid,a,b,c) VALUES(19, 'T R Y P Y', 'N V Y B X', 'L Z T N T');
 
   CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE x2 USING FTS4(a, b, c, order=DESC);
   INSERT INTO x2(docid, a, b, c) SELECT docid, a, b, c FROM x1;
 }
+
 
 foreach x {1 2} {
   foreach {tn match res} {
     1  "^K"              {0 1 14}
     2  "^S"              {0 1 14}
@@ -60,20 +69,32 @@
 
     11 {"^K H"}          {0 14}
     12 {"K H"}           {0 10 14}
     13 {"K ^H"}          {}
   } {
-    set rev [list]
-    for {set ii [expr [llength $res]-1]} {$ii>=0} {incr ii -1} {
-      lappend rev [lindex $res $ii]
-    }
+    set rev [lreverse $res]
     do_execsql_test 1.$x.$tn.1 {SELECT docid FROM x1 WHERE x1 MATCH $match} $res
     do_execsql_test 1.$x.$tn.2 {SELECT docid FROM x2 WHERE x2 MATCH $match} $rev
   }
 
   do_execsql_test 1.$x.[expr $tn+1] { 
     INSERT INTO x1(x1) VALUES('optimize');
     INSERT INTO x2(x2) VALUES('optimize');
   } {}
 }
+
+foreach {tn match res} {
+  1  {^K}    {{[K] H D S T} {[K] N J L W} {[K] H A B L}}
+  2  {^X}    {{[X] Y D L S} {[X] J P K R} {[X] S B X Y}}
+  3  {^X Y}  {{[X] [Y] D L S} {D [Y] P O I...[X] J P K R} {[X] S B X [Y]}}
+} {
+  set rev [lreverse $res]
+
+  do_execsql_test 1.3.$tn.1 {
+    SELECT snippet(x1, '[', ']', '...') FROM x1 WHERE x1 MATCH $match
+  } $res
+  do_execsql_test 1.3.$tn.2 {
+    SELECT snippet(x2, '[', ']', '...') FROM x2 WHERE x2 MATCH $match
+  } $rev
+}
 
 finish_test