as much as possible. To effect this, the student will do well to attend to the following advice :

1. Exercise yourself in reading sentences, from which the explosive consonants b, p, d, t, g guttural and k, are excluded, and in which those consonants only are included, which are capable of an accompanying and continuous intonation of the voice.

2. Pronounce the vowels and these consonants with the vocal intonation, and prolong the sound as much as possible.

3. After severe practice in keeping the glottis open during and after the pronunciation of the vowels, and of every consonant capable of vocalisation, proceed to the aspirate h, and then to g guttural, d, b, k, t, þ, in succession.

4. Connect all words by an intonation of the voice. continued between the different words of a sentence.**

The manner in which a thing is The manner a thing is done in

done

Those who, or, those persons who Those desiring, or, they who desire desire

Time, the value of which is great Time, whose, or, of which the value

The climate is as varied as are the The climate is as varied as the sea

You are wasting time, which is You are wasting precious time,

Few persons were present (not A few persons were present (several) many)

CHAPTER XVIII.

Exercises to be read, copied, or dictated.

(Set 1. For Junior Students.)

I. PURE A SOUNDS.

Ross is a pretty place. Sole is a finer fish than plaice. James made a noise. There was a little maid named Florence. He would fain have eaten the husks. Caius often feigned madness. The mail is late to-day. Two cruel kings put to death the young male children. Sarah looks pale, she is gone to fetch a pail of water. The girl covered her face with a veil. The vale was fresh and green. My father is a hale old man. The hail broke several of our windows. We used to ramble over the plain. A plane angle is the inclination of two lines to each other in a plane. Vain is the hope of the wicked. Blood flows through our veins. Enter in at the strait gate. Charles's gait is straight. The waves of the sea are high. John waives his right to the money. As we approached the base, the hill seemed to rise. Balbus has a bass voice. The rain has refreshed the earth. My brother held the horse by the reins. After a long ride he felt faint. James fenced with John and made a skilful feint. The rays of the sun are bright. Caius rased the house which Balbus had raised. Those who act wisely deserve praise. The eagle preys on living animals. Daniel prays three times a day. A bay is a part of the sea which runs into the land. My father has a bay horse. We walked through the hay

fields yesterday. Balbus weighs ten stones. Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness. John enjoys a beefsteak. The martyr was led to the stake. An English grate is a great comfort in winter.

2. PURE E SOUND.

It is eve, our work is done. The birds built their nests in the eaves of the temple. Hear much, speak little. Here I am, for thou didst call me. We must meet danger without fear. Having meat to eat, let us be therewith content. Once have I seen a battle-field, never shall I forget the scene. A bee without wings is an emblem of a man that would work but cannot.

Be ye kind one to another. Balbus performed a clever feat. Three feet make one yard. Lionel trod upon his brother's heel. It is easier to inflict a wound than to heal one. A friend in need is said to be a friend indeed. The baker kneads the bread. I love a merry peal of bells. A piece of orange-peel caused the death of a peer. It is pleasant to walk on the pier. Balbus learned to read at an early age. Caius leans on a broken reed. When the fever of excitement was over, the wrangler sank from exhaustion. In mechanics, the lever is of great use. Let all things be done decently and in order. The senate published an edict that no one should go out of the city. Sulla paid frequent visits to Balbus. He stored up in memory the good precepts of his teachers. As time rolls on and seasons change, we pass from gay to grave. My niece has had a severe attack of the measles. Reason and speech raise man above other animals. Troy was taken after a protracted siege.