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letter uniformly to the fame found, as in cat and cefn ; 

 and a little practice will render fuch words as citdb and 

 cinnara familiar to our eyes. 



H 



We hear much of afpirated letters ; but the only 

 proper afpirates (thofe, I mean, in which a ftrong 

 breathing is diftinctly heard after the confonants) are to 

 be found in the languages of India ; unlefs the word ca- 

 chexy, which our medical writers have borrowed from 

 the Greek, be thought an exception to the rule. This 

 afpiration may be diltinguifhed by a comma, as the letter 

 before us is expreffed in the word c'hanitra, a fpade. 

 The Arabian, Per/ian, and Tufcan afpirate, which is 

 formed by a harfh protrulion of the breath, while the 

 confonant is roughly articulated near the root of the 

 tongue, may be written as in the word makhzen, a 

 treafury. 



n 



Whatever vowel follows this letter, it mould con- 

 ftantly be expreffed as in the words gul, a flower, and 

 gil, clay : and we may obferve, as before, that a little 

 ufe will reconcile us to this deviation from our irregular 

 fyftem. The Germans, whofe pronunciation appears to 

 be more confident than our own, would fcarce under- 

 Hand the Latin name of their own country, if an 

 Englijhman were to pronounce it as he was taught at 

 fchool. 



The proper afpirate of the laft letter, as in the word 

 Rag'huvanfa. The Perfians and Arabs pronounce their 

 chain with a bur in the throat, and a tremulous motion 



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