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2 which they refer. I am indeeci atraid that I ha\ e said more on (his
3 subject than the importaacre of the whole productioa wiii be thought
4 to justify.
5 I hav e a lew wordfi to say on the spelling of die proper names. It
6 U always diffimlt to represent Asiatic words in our characters, and
7 Ifak fi ineweMed tile- pwwopt fautnioe bj tlis wmt of a uniform
8 wifVbem, lieutmiit Miqirtnex had adoplad Dr. Gildifisk*^ otdick
9 graphy, iH|idi iirt)»efli«p« the beil cxfanft ibr the eccnrate eapressMn
10 ef Aaiatie MNuidi» «iid whkfa is elto hyht the most genendfycnnM
11 hk } hot m h it little'lmown in. Ennpei Lheve given e-lable pi
12 the powen it ■adgDB to the ktten s ^dndnnU enable the* reader t»
13 patonounce all the words where it if made use of*. I mjidf used no
14 pertaoilar alphabet, but endeavoured to express all words in our
15 letters without altering the sounds which ibejr iitnally have in Eng-
16 lish. This plan, however, has led to some inconvenience, for, as I
17 was guided entirely by my ear, and as the same sounds can be ex-
18 pressed by different letters, there was nothing to fix the scheme I
19 had adopted in my memory ; and, in consequence, when a word
20 recurred after a long 5nt«^rval, I frequently changetl the sjielling with^
21 oat designing it. This l \ il was increasetl by the many niterruptions
22 I was exposed to, whicli at different times obliged me to suspend niy
23 proceedings for many months together ; and my attempts to recon-
24 cile the jnconsistencica dma produoei^ have rather increased than
25 * Dr. Oilckriat has giren the following table for the vmvda, tadk of wbidk ii
26 RnDBnoed aa it is in the EDglish words written over it :
27 BaU Sun Thtrc Beer Bill PoU Poor Our Dry.
28 AUE EoIOOoOuY.
29 Tbe comonanta are, I believe, prorHninced aa in RngKiih, except C and G, which are
30 TTse *\gn» Gh and Kb art- adfli'^i, ami rcprf>?pnt, the first, fhe lound of tbe PL-rsian
31 Obioc^ wbicb ia umiIj tbe wuue a* a Northumberiaiul man would giro to R; and tbe
32 Moond Mpmaentfl d>e Perdan Kbe, and haa a reaemhknce to die Scottiih and Iriihcfafai
33 lodi (a Idtt). It is to be observed, tliat when a consonant is repeated it is to be pn>-
34 nm]nr(><! doubk. TbiM dd ia HOC to be firaooiiBieed ain^ ia paddock, bat doabl^
35 in mad-dog.
36 bigitizea by Oougle