APPENDIX. 277 



In this Vocabulary the following rules are observed in 

 the spelling of the words, except in the column marked 

 " Lewis's Murray Island," which is left in its original 

 state : — 



1. Every letter is sounded. 



2. The vowels are sounded as follows : — 



a is sounded like a in father. 



a 



39 



» 



a 



?3 



fat.* 



A 



99 



99 



a 



99 



fate. 



e or ee 



99 



ee 



99 



weed. 



e 



}> 



99 



e 



99 



wed. 



i 



99 



99 



i 



79 



pine. 



i 



99 



99 



i 



99 



pin.f 







99 



99 







99 



cold. 







99 



99 







99 



cot. 



u 



99 



99 



u 



99 



full. 



u 



99 



99 



u 



79 



cup. 



00 



99 



99 



00 



99 



cool. 



ai 



99 



99 



y 



79 



cry. 



ow 



99 



99 



ow 



79 



cow. 



ae 



99 



99 



ai 



99 



gain. 



3. Of the consonants, g and c are always hard ; ch always 



soft, as in church ; zh has a sound like dz, or tz, or jz. 



4. The accent or quantity is marked by the long ~, and 



the short w . 



5. The numbers after a word are to direct the reader's 



attention to the words in other parts of the vocabu- 

 lary on the line to which the numbers refer. These 

 often point out the derivations or compositions of 

 words. 



* When a is final it is scarcely heard, and in conversation it is sometimes 

 used and sometimes not. 



t £ when final is much the same as e in sound, and they might be used 

 one for the other. 



