OF ASIATICK WORDS. 33 



Agreeably to the preceding analyfis of letters, if 1 

 were to adopt a new mode of EngHJh orthography, I 

 fhould write Addifon's defcription of the angel in the 

 following manner, diftinguilhing the Jimple breathing, 

 or fir (I element, which we cannot invariably omit, by a 

 perpendicular line over our firft or fecond vowel. 



So hwen fm enjel, bai divain camand, 



Widh raifih tempefts fhecs a gilti land, 



Sch az av let or pel Britanya paft, 



Calm and firin hi draivz dhi fyuryas blaft, 



And, pliz'd dh' almaitiz arderz tu perform, 



Raids in dhi hwerlwind, and dairects dhi ftarm. 



This mode of writing poetry would be the touch' 

 {tone of bad rhymes, which the eye, as well as the ear, 

 would inftantly detect ; as in the firft couplet of this 

 defcription, and even in the laft, according to the com- 

 mon pronunciation of the word perform. I clofe this 

 paper with fpecimens of oriental writing; not as fixed 

 ftandards of orthography, which no individual has a 

 right to fettle, but as examples of the method which I 

 recommend; and, in order to relieve the drynefs of 

 the fubje£t, I annex tranflations of all but the firft 

 fpecimen, which I referve for another occafion. 



I. 



Four Distichs from the Sri* bha'gawat.* 



Mr. Wilkins's Orthography. 



ahamevasamevagre nanyadyat sadasat param 

 paschadaham yadetachcha yovaseeshyeta sosmySham 



* See Plate IV. The Letters are in Plate II. 

 Vol. I. D reeterthara 



