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like the common phonetical symbol r^) etc. are merely outer 

 symbols, merely disguises, and the reader must turn to the 

 description of the sounds in order to learn what peculiarities 

 in the Eskimo language are expressed by them. 



I hope that the system of symbols which I have used, far 

 from hindering, rather will further the absorption of this group 

 of languages into the large reservations of ready material for 

 scientific research. 



