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arrived at the following table of consonants, which, save in the above 

 respects, differs little from Morris's : — 



Note. — 'd = th in thine ; 't = th in thin ; 'g = g in lough (Ir.); 'k = ch in ich (Ger.);* "r = 

 Continental rolling r ; '1 = Irish I heard in milk, help, &c. ; 'z = z in azure ; 's = s in shine ; 

 mg = ng in ring. 



He then compared with this the natural classification of musical 

 instruments, which he claimed to be as follows : 



Note. — The aspiration of consonants seems to correspond in its prolonging- effect to the use 

 of the pedal or swell. 



■'■ In my lecture I classed the sound of ch in the Scotch loch with its sound in the German 

 ich. But the criticism of Mr. VanderSmissen led me to see that in the former word it has the 

 same pronunciation as the gh in lough, and, furthermore, that after the four deeper vowels, 

 long and short, the flatter guttural is always given, while after the four higher ones the 

 sharper guttural (cf.: buch 0., loch 0., loch S., dach O., urgh ! E., pech (?., bilcher O., ich G.). 



