rian OW as 284 
opening the paflage and ftrongly afpirating, the & is heard, 
The modern Greeks even put the laft for the firft---the 
ancient Greeks wrote arprmros the modern akprm- 
To.----The power of the # may be found in the 
-feventeenth horizontal line of the table of founds, in the - 
words, gun, Gan;---gall, GO OL ;---GaP ;---GET, &e. . 
he 
Twentieth vocal---the lips muft be fhut, anda vocal. 
found made, which muft not pafs through the nofe, but 
have a determination to the lips: it is there ftopt, but 
when the lips open the vocal ceafes, and an effort of breath 
terminates in the p, its afpirate.t The power of 6, may 
be found in the nineteenth horizontal line of the table of 
founds, in the words, but, BaT ;---dall, BoOOoL ;---BAT ;---= - 
BET" cess 
a’ 
Twenty-firft vocal---the tip of the tongue is raifed to 
the roof of the mouth, which is a little open---the found 
is alfo ftopt, and the moment it ceafes as a vocal, by open- 
ing the paflage to the breath and afpiring ftrongly, the ¢ 
is produced, which is its afpirate. ‘The power of d ma 
be found in the twenty-firft horizontal line of the table of 
founds, in the words, dull, DaL ;---daub, DouB ;---DAaRK3 
---debt, DET 3---&c. 
es 
Twenty-fecond letter, and firft afpirate---This is formed 
exactly in the fame manner as the letter 7, only it is an 
afpirate, and 7 is its vocal. The found is very common in 
the 
} The 4 is often put for the g, and vice verfa, by the Spanifh, the Germans, the Welfh and 
other Moderns, .as well as formerly by the Armenians and other Orientals; and by the Ro- 
mans for v, 
