INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXTS. qT 
al as 7 in fine, aisle. 
ei as 7 in ice, twice, trice, fice. 
au as ow in how; German, Haus. 
yu as in use, feud. 
ui as in German, p/wi. 
In one myth is given: ‘‘t-t-t-t-t-t.” 
In some cases, when uw is pronounced very rapidly after @ or e, an 0 
sound is heard, resembling aw in the French awourd’hui. Thus, in gaqa 
u¢ici, when thus pronounced, the aw has a sound between that of ow in how 
and the sound of o in xo; while in ye-t1ya"ha both vowels are heard, being 
pronounced almost as if the name was ye-dyatha. 
Every syllable ends in a vowel or diphthong, pure or nasalized. 
When a consonant appears at the end of a word or syllable, it is a sign 
of contraction. 
Another apparent exception is the Gegiha interjection wih, in which 
the final # denotes an expulsion of the breath through the nostrils 
Almost every sound in this alphabet can be prolonged; but when the 
prolongation is merely rhetorical, it is given in the notes and omitted in 
the text. Prolongations in the text are usually interjections. 
One interjection of admiration, ete., is designated for the present by 
“+!” Tt is made by drawing the tip of the tongue backward from the 
upper front teeth, causing a sucking sound. 
The reader is requested to consult the Appendix after examining each 
text. ; 
Brackets mark superfluous additions to the texts, and passages which 
seem to be modern interpolations. 
Words within parentheses were omitted by the narrator, but, in most 
cases, they are needed to complete the sense. 
The following abbreviations are used in the interlinear translations :— 
sub subject. mv. moving. 
ob. object. recl. reclining. 
st. sitting lg. long. 
std. standing. pl. plural. 
