1^4 ALPHABETICAL SYSTEM OF THE 



diftinct heads; and thefe again divided into thirty fu- 

 bordinate divifions, by the inflection of the primary 

 letters, or alphabet properly fo called, with the three 

 clafTes of vowels arwi y asaiihe y and asaihri, and four 

 other marks. The inltruction commences, however, 

 with eighteen founds, to prepare the pupil, as it is 

 faid, for the greater difficulties that are to follow. 

 Thefe founds are included in what is taught fubfe- 

 quently, though ten of their fymbols are not, which 

 are therefore fubjoined in the annexed Plate. 



L 



Of the feveral feries as they occur in the Plate, the 

 firft is cagric'he y or the alphabet; refpecting which 

 there is little to obferve. In certain cafes, to facili- 

 tate utterance, c is permuted with g y ch with j; the 

 Jecond d with the fecond /, p with b y and converfely. 

 Of thofe founds that have more than one fymbol, the 

 firft c'hy ch'hy /; Jecond t y d y n- y and third fh y are in ge- 

 neral ufe; alfo the Jecond p'h y except in thofe inftances 

 where it does not aflbciate with the Jour marks that 

 will appear under the following head. 



II. 



Thefe are the four marks alluded to above. Their 

 names, as they occur in the Plate, are apan, araii, 

 hhacfrhwe y hmach'hwe, &c. according to the letter it 

 is aflbciated with, and wacFhwe. 



apTih* 



The mark of this fymbol is y; though it might more 

 properly, and fometimes more conveniently, be marked 

 by our third vowel, commencing a diphthong. The 

 letters to which it is affixed, are c y c y h y (i,*) g> t y (2,) 

 p y fh y (1,) b } m> /, (1,) s. To this laft it gives 



nearly 



* The figures refer to the archetype in the Plate. 



