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the stump of the tongue could be brought inucli more 

 forward. 



Mr. R.'s conversation was perfectly intelligible ; and 

 such words as think, the, cote, kill, were well and clearly 

 pronounced. But tin became Jin; tack, fack or jmck ; 

 toll, pool; dog, thog ; dine, vine; dew, theto ; cat, cat/; 

 mad, madf; goose, gooth; big, pig, bich, pick, with a 

 guttural rh. 



In fact, only the pronunciation of those letters the for- 

 mation of which requires the use of the tongue was affected ; 

 and, of these, only the two which involve the employment 

 of its tip were absolutelj^ beyond Mr. R.'s power. He 

 converted all t's, and d's into /'s, p's, v's, or th's. Th was 

 fairly given in all cases ; s and sh, I and r, with more or 

 less of a lisp. Initial gr's and k's were good ; but final g's 

 were all more or less guttural. In the former case, the 

 imperfect stoppage of the current of air by the root of the 

 tongue was of no moment, as the sound ran on into that 

 of the following voAvel ; while, when the letter was ter- 

 minal, the defect at once became apparent. 



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