Fi ora 
which have no charaéters denoting vowels, the Maforetic punc- 
tuation being novel. In all the weftern alphabets both con- 
fonants and vowels have letters appropriated to them; becaufe 
the art of writing was not imported from Afia into Europe, 
until the want of vowel, marks had been found to be incon- 
venient. The addition of fuch marks brought this wonderful art 
to its prefent ftate of perfeGion. 
