26 On Short-hand Writing. 
lectures, polite litagary correspondence—all were separately ex- 
plored; and an average was taken of the whole. 
‘This very useful table, formed from upwards of one hundred 
thousand letters, was constituted thus; the highest number, N, 
being reduced to 1000 as the standard. 
Tuble of the relative occurrence of the various Consonants | quies- 
~ cent ones not reckoned] of English classical Composition— 
whether incipient consonants or subsequents : commencing or 
incipient y (together with the double letters ch, sh, th, wh, 
wherever found) being considered among the number of those 
consonants; and also the treble letter thr, whether a vowel 
be interposed or not between the h andr. Str was too un- 
important to introduce. 
wn las 
Alone; or Subse- Totals. 
incipient. quent. 
BORE ae aces. OS ics apie, Se 
Meret SS Sat ce vee ie poimnnieieers, a: PSCERBEO OY) Snce 
Dee WS aac OW ce ne 20c 
ect! Vas ry COS ana SOO 
Cl.tese) Cones ee INS: tee Lae 
Hee TT ae cae hee, 7 fy USCC NEM i Euan 
connected with C, 
S, T or W, is consi- 
Jo ncee 5 weve 5 weve 10 dered an aspirate. 
Bes ae ND HRS vs log Pave 
dled name 27S ae tSab 
bah SOD 0.90890. er 269 
eye OOky 366639 .. 4.000 
dt a bhaGr och eORw esos B45 
Swee UMD Hee NG Se, a TE 
se ROS 17k STAs OPS 
See eRaai ey G07 it tir 762 
ete 2SG. ayieeb “2se0c817 
5 inal 7 Aahib eeie OOS 25 hee DS 
dela Zar adeeesace 120 
Site A ek es LOOK ets 27 ; 
vace D2 cece oe eves 592:Almost all occasion- 
' ed by the 2d person, 
you, ye, your. Inde- 
pendently of these, it 
occurred but thrice. 
rs Oe Bees Oe a, Bats Petter. 2.0 sares 
not occur once on 
the present scale, 
as an incipient. 
Ch 
aK SdHnDoOvzar 
