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And thofe to which it only aflifts are the follow- 
ing Letters, as c, g , s, x> all which can be per- 
formed by the Teeth alone, and which this Perfon 
does very well. 
Now the Lip-Letters, and thofe exprefled by the 
Root of the Tongue, file alfo performs as well as 
any Perfon; the former are b y f m> p\ and the lat- 
ter are k> q, x ; and as to the Vowels, and the Afpi~ 
ration h , fince they are chiefly founded by the Exha- 
lation of the Voice, commanded partly by the Lips 
in widening or ftraitening the Capacity of the Mouth, 
thefe file can alfo exprefs > fo that there is no Let- 
ter file cannot pronounce but the five Apex Letters ; 
and thofe file manages fo well by bringing the un- 
der Lip to her upper Teeth, in the Courfe of her 
Convention, that any one can inftantly apprehend 
every Word fhe fays y and fhe further plainly proves 
the Lips are a better Succedaneum to the Apex , than 
that could be to the Lips if they were wanting. 
Indeed it is natural enough for thofe who make 
the Tongue the abfolute and foie Inftrument of 
Speech, to imagine it as abfurd to fay a Woman 
fpoke without a Tongue, as that file faw without 
an Eye $ but when we confider the provifional af~ 
fifting Organs ordain'd by the wife Author of Pro- 
vidence, ferving to this neceflary and expreffive 
Accomplifliment, I hope it will not feern fo ex- 
tremely marvellous, that fhe fpeaks without the 
Body and Apex of her Tongue, as to create any 
further Doubt of the Matter. I am, Gentlemen , 
December 17, 
1747. Tour mojl humble Servant , 
Tames Parlous. 
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