A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



no lefs than thirty-fix letters ; fixteen of 

 which were radicals, that exprefied the 

 primary founds; and the reft, modula- 

 tions or dependents on them. For each 

 of thefe, it is probable that there was 

 formerly a fimple appropriate character; 

 but, iince the invention of printing, and 

 the introduction of Roman letters, it has 

 been neceflary, for want of a fufficient 

 variety of caft for the purpofe, to adopt 

 two, and in one inftance even three, of 

 thofe letters, to exprefs one found or 

 character, by which much of the fimpli- 

 city and beauty of the proper alphabet 

 has been loft. 



The prefent printed books contain 

 only twentv-feven characters: A, B, C, 



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Ch, D, Dd, E, F, Ff, G, NG, H, I, L, 

 LI. M. X, ? P, Ph, R, S,T, Th,U, W, 

 and Y ; having neither J, K, X, nor Z. 

 C ani'wers the purpofe of K, when 

 joined with W or O; and when placed 



with 



