584 ME. w. w. skbat's list of [Dec. 3, 



following is a general list of the letters here used and their 

 equivalents : — 



A. Yowels a7id cUjyJithongs : — 



a as in Eng. " fagcfde." 



a as in last syllable of Eng. " Africa." 



e as in Eng. " fete." 



e as in Eng. " the " when unaccented, e. g. " the man," 



or = short a in "machine." 



i as in Eng. " machme." 



i as in Eng. " it." 



5 as in Eng. " note." 



o as in Eug. "got." 



ii as in Eng. " rule.'" 



u as in Eng. " hull." 

 au as ou in Eng. " loitt." 



ei as in Eng. " height," 



B. Consonants : — 



B, i), P, T, H, J, L, M, N, E, as in English. 



CH always as in Eng. " church " ; S as in Eng. " sin " 

 (never as z) ; G always hard ; medial N(t always 

 as in Eng. " singer," never as in Eng. " stronger," 

 " longer," which sound is always written NGrG. 



K initial as in Eng. " kite," but at the end of a word it is 

 always a " click," formed by sharply closing the throat. 



The place-names which follow are taken in order, commencing 

 at the northernmost point of the East Coast visited by us and 

 working southwards. 



I. LiaoR (called in Siamese " Lakhawn "). Small East Coast 



State, S. of 9° 20' (N. latitude). 

 Chief village : Ligor. 

 (Part of the Tale JN'oi or Little Lake at the IS", end of the Inland 

 Sea is in Ligor.) 



II. SiNGGOEA (correctly as spelt, but often written Singora). 



Small East Coast State lying S. of 7° 20' parallel of N. 



latitude ; headquarters of the Siamese High Commissioner 



for the East Coast States. 

 Chief village : Singgora (called in Siamese " Sung-Kla"), situated 



at the entrance to the Tale Sap, or " Inland Sea." 

 Other village visited : Lam Lom. 

 Inland Sea, or Big Lake, called Tale Sap. 

 Little Lake (at N. end of Tale Sap) called Tale Noi (" Nawi "). 

 Islands in Inland Sea : " Birdsnest Islands " (Ko Si Ha). 



