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very difBcult, to join it as it ought to the 
firft fyllable of the word that muft follow it. 
Greater force muft be given to the third 
kind of clapping (a), which is pronounced 
with more energy, and is heard more diC- 
tindlly. It is the leaft ufed, and appears to 
be the moft difficult ; for it requires great 
care and attention to adapt it properly to the 
word that precedes it, as it is performed by 
a fingular contraftion of the tongue, which 
Is drawn back to the extremity of the palate 
near the throat. It may be readily con- 
ceived, that, after this contraflion of the 
tongue, confiderable force is employed to 
pufli it towards the lips, and to articulate 
the words that muft follow it, without any 
appearance of reft or interruption. 
Thefe different clappings have alfo a dif- 
ferent modulation, and may be more or lefs 
difficult to be executed, according to the let- 
ter or fyllable which they ftrike, and wuth 
which, as I have already faid, they muft be 
united, not to pervert the fenfe. In this the 
ftrength of the pronunciatioa of the language 
may be faid to confift. 
All thefe differences appear very harfli to 
the 
