Part 12

4. Next day we went off on a long tramp through the woods and along the sides of the canyons. There were plenty of berry bushes growing in clusters, and all around these there were fresh tracks of bear. But the grizzly is also a flesh-eater, and has a great liking for carrion.

5. On visiting the place where Merrifield had killed the black bear, we found that the grizzlies had been there before us, and had utterly devoured the carcass, with cannibal relish. Hardly a scrap was left, and we turned our steps toward where lay the bull elk I had killed.

6. It was quite late in the afternoon when we reached the place. A grizzly had evidently been at the carcass during the preceding night, for his great footprints were in the ground all around it, and the carcass itself was gnawed and torn and partially covered with earth and leaves; for the grizzly has a curious habit of burying all of his prey that he does not at the moment need.

7. A great many ravens had been feeding on the body, and they wheeled about over the tree tops above us, uttering their barking croaks.

8. The forest was composed mainly of what are called ridge-pole pines, which grow close together, and do not branch out until the stems are thirty or forty feet from the ground. Beneath these trees we walked over a carpet of pine needles, upon which our moccasined feet made no sound. The woods seemed vast and lonely, and their silence was broken now and then by the strange noises always to be heard in the great forests, and which seem to mark the sad and everlasting unrest of the wilderness.

9. We climbed up along the trunk of a dead tree which had toppled over until its upper branches stuck in the limb crotch of another, that thus supported it at an angle half-way in its fall. When above the ground far enough to prevent the bear's smelling us, we sat still to wait for his approach until, in the gathering gloom, we could no longer see the sights of our rifles, and could but dimly make out the carcass of the great elk.

10. It was useless to wait longer, and we clambered down, and stole out to the edge of the woods. The forest here covered one side of a steep, almost canyon-like ravine, whose other side was bare, except of rock and sage brush. Once out from under the trees there was still plenty of light, although the sun had set, and we crossed over some fifty yards to the opposite hillside and crouched down under a bush to see if perchance some animal might not also leave the cover.

11. To our right the ravine sloped downward toward the valley of the Bighorn River, and far on its other side we could catch a glimpse of the great main chain of the Rockies, their snow peaks glinting crimson in the light of the set sun.

12. Again we waited quietly in the growing dusk, until the pine trees in our front blended into one dark, frowning mass. We saw nothing; but the wild creatures of the forest had begun to stir abroad. The owls hooted dismally from the tops of the tall trees, and two or three times a harsh, wailing cry, probably the voice of some lynx or wolverine, arose from the depths of the woods.

13. At last, as we were rising to leave, we heard the sound of the breaking of a dead stick from the spot where we knew the carcass lay. It was a sharp, sudden noise, perfectly distinct from the natural creaking and snapping of the branches; just such a sound as would be made by the tread of some heavy creature. "Old Ephraim" had come back to the carcass.

14. A minute afterward, listening with strained ears, we heard him brush by some dry twigs. It was entirely too dark to go in after him; but we made up our minds that on the morrow he should be ours.

II

15. Early the next morning we were over at the elk carcass, and, as we expected, found that the bear had eaten his fill at it during the night. His tracks showed him to be an immense fellow, and were so fresh that we doubted if he had left long before we arrived; and we made up our minds to follow him up and try to find his lair.

16. My companion was a skillful tracker, and we took up the trail at once. For some distance it led over the soft, yielding carpet of moss and pine needles, and the footprints were quite easily made out, although we could follow them but slowly; for we had, of course, to keep a sharp lookout ahead and around us as we walked noiselessly on in the somber half light always prevailing under the great pine trees.

17. We made no sound ourselves, and every little sudden noise sent a thrill through me as I peered about, with each sense on the alert. Two or three of the ravens that we had scared from the carcass flew overhead, croaking hoarsely; and the pine tops moaned and sighed in the slight breeze--for pine trees seem to be ever in motion, no matter how light the wind.

18. After going a few hundred yards the tracks turned off on a well-beaten path made by the elk; the woods were in many places cut up by these game trails, which had often become as distinct as ordinary footpaths. The beast's footprints were perfectly plain in the dust, and he had lumbered along up the path until near the middle of the hillside, where the ground broke away and there were hollows and bowlders.

19. Here there had been a windfall, and the dead trees lay among the living, piled across one another in all directions; while between and around them sprouted up a thick growth of young spruces and other evergreens. The trail turned off into the tangled thicket, within which it was almost certain we would find our quarry.

20. We could still follow the tracks, by the slight scrapes of the claws on the bark, or by the bent and broken twigs; and we advanced with noiseless caution, slowly climbing over the dead tree trunks and upturned stumps, and not letting a branch rustle or catch on our clothes. When in the middle of the thicket, we crossed what was almost a breastwork of fallen logs, and Merrifield, who was leading, passed by the upright stem of a great pine.

21. As soon as he was by it he sank suddenly on one knee, turning half round, his face fairly aflame with excitement; and as I strode past him, with my rifle at the ready, there, not ten steps off, was the great bear, slowly rising from his bed among the young spruces. He had heard us, but apparently hardly knew exactly where or what we were, for he reared up on his haunches, sideways to us.

22. Then he saw us and dropped down again on all fours, the shaggy hair on his neck and shoulders seeming to bristle as he turned toward us. As he sank down on his fore feet I had raised the rifle; his head was bent slightly down, and when I saw the top of the white bead fairly between his small, glittering, evil eyes, I pulled the trigger.

23. Half rising up, the huge beast fell over on his side in the death throes, the ball having gone into his brain, striking as fairly between the eyes as if the distance had been measured by a carpenter's rule.

24. The whole thing was over in twenty seconds from the time I caught sight of the game; indeed, it was over so quickly that the grizzly did not have time to show fight at all, or come a step toward us. It was the first I had ever seen, and I felt not a little proud as I stood over the great brindled bulk which lay stretched out at length in the cool shade of the evergreens.

25. He was a monstrous fellow, much larger than any I have seen since, whether alive or brought in dead by the hunters. As near as we could estimate--for of course we had nothing with which to weigh more than very small portions--he must have weighed about twelve hundred pounds; and though this is not so large as some of his kind are said to grow in California, it is yet a very unusual size for a bear. He was a good deal heavier than any of our horses; and it was with the greatest difficulty that we were able to skin him.

26. He must have been very old, his teeth and claws being all worn down and blunted; but nevertheless he had been living in plenty, for he was as fat as a prize hog, the layers of his back being a finger's length in thickness.

27. He was still in the summer coat, his hair being short, and in color a curious brindled brown, somewhat like that of certain bulldogs; while all the bears we shot afterward had the long, thick winter fur, cinnamon or yellowish brown.

28. By the way, the name of this bear has reference to its character and not to its color, and should, I suppose, be properly spelled "grisly"--in the sense of horrible, exactly as we speak of a "grisly specter"--and not "grizzly;" but perhaps the latter way of spelling it is too well established to be now changed.

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I. =Smōl´dẽr ĭng=: burning and smoking without flame. =Căn´yȯns̝=: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses. =Căr´rĭ ȯn=: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food. =Căn´nĭ bal=: an animal that devours its own kind. =Sāġ=_e_ =brŭsh=: a low shrub which grows in great quantities on the plains of the Western United States. "=Old Ephraim=": a hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

II. =Lâ_i_r=: the bed of a wild beast. =On the alert=: on the lookout against danger. =Bō_w_l´dẽrs̝=: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed. =Wĭnd´fa̤l=_l_: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm. =Quạr´ry̆=: the animal hunted for. =Spĕc´tẽr=: ghost.

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The spring is pleasant. The air is warm. Flowers are in blossom. The days and nights are equal.

Summer also will be pleasant. The air will be hot. Many flowers will be in blossom. The days will be long.

Winter was not so pleasant. The air was cold. The flowers were not in blossom. The days were short.

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Which sentences tell (1) how things are now; (2) how they were; (3) how they will be?

Write these sentences as if (1) winter were here; (2) as if it were still to come.

Words in Fourth Reader

ȧ băn´dȯn: give up.

ăc´cū̍ rȧ çy̆: correctness.

Ǣ´sȯn.

Ǣ ē´tēs̝.

Ä_h_´mĕd.

ȧ mā_i_n´: busily.

ȧ māz_e_´ment: surprise.

Ä´pï ä.

är´c̵hi tĕct: a person skilled in the art of building.

Är´gō̍ na̤_u_ts.

Är´gus.

ăs´pĕct: appearance; look.

ăs pīr´ĭng: rising upward.

ăs sā_i_led´: attacked.

ăs sĕv´ẽr āt ĕd: said earnestly.

ȧs sured (shṳrd´): sure; certain.

ȧ sŭn´dẽr: apart; in two.

ăt´mŏs phere (fēr): air.

ȧ wē_a_´ry̆: tired.

ȧ _w_rȳ´: twisted toward one side.

băd_e_: ordered.

bä_l_m: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

ba̤l´sam: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

băl´ŭs trā̍d_e_: a railing along the edge of a bridge or staircase.

bärg̣´ĕs̝: roomy boats to carry goods or passengers.

bär´nȧ cl_e_s̝: small shellfish which fasten themselves on rocks, timbers, other animals, etc.

bȧs_s_: a kind of fish.

băt tăl´ion (yŭn): body of troops.

bȧ zä_a_r´: in the East a shop where goods are kept for sale.

bē̍ līk_e_´: perhaps.

bē̍ nĕv´ō̍ lent: kind.

bē̍ nŭm_be_d´: deprived of feeling, as by cold.

bē̍ sē_e_ch´: beg; ask earnestly.

bĭl´lō̍_w_s̝: great waves of the sea.

Bĭs nȧ gär´.

blīt̵h_e_´sȯm_e_: gay; cheerful.

bō_a_rd: go on deck of.

bō_w_ld´dẽrs̝: large stones worn smooth by the action of water; rocks, rounded or not, carried by natural agencies far from their native bed.

brĕt̵h´rĕn: brothers.

brīn´y̆: salty.

buoy (bwoi): a floating object chained in place to mark a channel or to show the position of something under the water, as a rock.

bûr´d_e_n: the chorus of a song.

bŭr´rō̍_w_s̝: holes in the ground, made for homes by certain animals.

bŭs'_t_lĭng: noisy; active.

cā´denç_e_: the close or fall of a strain of music.

Căd´mus.

căn´nĭ bal: an animal that devours its own kind.

cȧ no̤_e_´: a small, light boat.

căn´yȯns̝: deep gorges or hollows between steep banks, worn by water courses.

căp´tĭv_e_: a prisoner taken in war.

căr´ȧ văn: a company of travelers through a desert.

căr´rĭ ȯn: dead bodies of animals, unfit for food.

căt´ȧ răcts: great falls of water over steep places.

çĕl´ē̍ brā tĕd: famous, well known.

Çĕn´ta̤_u_rs̝.

çĕr´ē̍ mō̍ nĭ_e_s̝: forms of politeness.

chăr´ĭ ty̆: kindness to the poor.

Chē_e_ ma̤_u_n´: a birch canoe.

C̵hī´rŏn.

Çĭn´trȧ: a town in Portugal.

clăṉ´gor: a sharp, harsh, ringing sound.

clē_a_v_e_: cut; part.

clī´ent: one who asks advice of a lawyer.

Cŏl´c̵hĭs.

cŏm mĕnd´ĕd: praised.

cŏm pass´_i_ȯn ā̍t_e_ ly̆: (păsh) pityingly.

cŏm pĕl_le_d´: forced, obliged.

cŏm´plā̍_i_ sănt ly̆: politely.

cŏm prē̍ hĕnd´: understand.

cŏn çĕn´tẽr_e_d: concentrated; fixed.

cŏn fīd´ĭng: trusting.

cŏn jĕc´tū̍r_e_: guess.

cŏn jūr_e_´: beg earnestly.

cȯn´ jŭr ẽr: a magician.

cŏn´ sē̍ quĕnt ly̆: accordingly; as a result.

cŏn strŭc´tion (shŭn): manner of building; arrangement.

cŏn vẽrt´ĕd: changed.

cŏn ve̱_ye_d´: carried.

cȯv´ẽrt: shelter.

Crṳ´sō_e_s̝: men like Robinson Crusoe, the hero of the story of that name. He was a shipwrecked sailor who lived many years on an uninhabited island.

dē̍ ci´s_i_ȯn: fixed purpose. (sĭzh)

deficiency (dē̍ fĭsh´en çy̆): want.

dē̍ lĭb´ẽr ā̍t_e_: slow and careful.

dē̍ mūr_e_´ly̆: soberly.

dĭs g_u_īs̝_e_d´: dressed for the purpose of concealment.

dĭs̝´mal: sad.

dĭ vẽrt´: turn aside.

Dō dō´nȧ.

drē_a_r´ĭ ĕst: most comfortless and sorrowful.

drow´s̝y̆: sleepy.

ĕd´dy̆ ĭng: moving in a circle.

ē̍ mẽrġ_e_d´: came out.

ĕm´ĭ grants: emigrants are people who have left one country to settle in another.

ĕn coun´tẽr: meet.

ĕn´ẽr ġy̆: force and resolution; power for work.

ĕn tẽr tā_i_n´ment: amusement.

ē̍ quĭp_pe_d´: dressed; fitted out.

ĕs pī_e_d´: saw.

ē̍ thē´rē̍ al: heavenly.

fē_a_t´ly̆: nimbly.

fē_a_ts: tricks.

fē_e_: charge.

fĕs´tĭ vals̝: feasts.

fī´br_o_ŭs: composed of fibers or threads; tough.

fĭ dĕl´ĭ ty̆: faithfulness.

fis´sṳr_e_: a narrow opening. (fĭsh)

fit´fụl: changeable.

flä_u_nt: wave; spread out.

flē_e_: run away.

flĭm´s̝y̆ thin.

fŏr b_e_âr´: keep from.

fŏr´_e_ĭ_g_n: belonging to other countries.

fō_u_r scōr_e_: eighty.

fra̤_u_d: deceit; cheat.

frŏth´y̆: full of bubbles.

fŭṉc´tions (shŭns̝): actions suitable to a business or profession.

găl´lant: brave.

găl´l_e_y̆: a vessel with oars, used by ancient people.

gärb: dress.

Gē_e_´zĭs: the sun.

ġē´nĭ_e_s̝: spirits; powerful fairies.

giving ear: listening.

glâr_e_: stare; look fiercely.

glē_e_: joy; mirth.

glŏs_s_´y̆: smooth and shining.

grăt´ĭ tū̍d_e_: thankfulness.

grăv ĭ tā´tion (shŭn): the law of nature by which all bodies are drawn toward one another.

Great Wall, the: a wall fourteen hundred miles long, built many hundreds of years ago for the defense of the Chinese Empire.

grē_e_n´swa̤rd: turf green with grass.

g_u_ärd´ĭ an: one to whose care a person or thing is committed.

gŭl_l_s̝: long-winged seabirds.

hăv´ŏc: destruction; ruin.

ha̤_w_s̝´ẽrs̝: large ropes.

hẽr´mĭt: a man who lives apart from other people.

hĭl´lȯ_c_k: a small mound.

hīr_e_´lĭng: one who serves for gain only.

hŏp´pẽr: a box through which grain passes into a mill.

Ho̤_u_s´sā̍_i_n.

hȯv´ẽrs̝: covers; shelters.

hū̍ mĭl´ĭ ā´tion (shŭn): shame; disgrace.

ĭl lū´mĭ nāt ĕd: lighted up; brightened.

ĭm ăġ´ĭ nȧ tĭv_e_: full of fancies.

ĭm pĕt´ū̍ _o_ŭs: hasty.

ĭm pŏs´tor: a cheat; one who imposes upon others.

ĭn crē̍ dū´lĭ ty̆: unbelief.

ĭn´fĭ nĭt_e_ ly̆: beyond measure; greatly.

ĭn ġē̍ nū´ĭ ty̆: skill; inventiveness.

ĭn hĕr´ĭt anç_e_: possession.

ĭn scrĭp´tion (shŭn): that which is inscribed or written, especially on a building or monument.

ĭn sta̤l_le_d´: placed in office.

ĭn stĭnc´tĭv_e_: acting according to one's nature.

ĭn tẽr çēd_e_´: speak in one's behalf.

ĭn tŏl´ẽr ȧ bl_e_: not to be borne.

ĭn´vȧ lĭd: one who is weak from illness.

Ĭ ŏl´c̵hŏs.

Jā´sȯn.

jŭṉ´gl_e_s̝: thickets of trees and vines.

Kä_gh_: the hedgehog.

kīn_e_: cows.

_k_nī_gh_t: a man who receives a rank which entitles him to be called Sir; as, Sir Walter Scott.

lăg: go slowly.

lâ_i_r: the bed of a wild beast.

lē_a_: meadow; field.

lē_a_g_ue_s̝: a league is a measure of distance of from two to four miles.

lė´gal: relating to law; governed by the rules of law.

Lē ŏn´ĭ das.

line, the: the Equator.

lĭṉ´guĭst: a person skilled in languages.

lō_a_th: unwilling.

low´ẽr: seem dark and gloomy.

măl´ĭç_e_: ill will.

măn ū̍ făc´tū̍r_e_d: made.

mā´trȯn ly̆: womanly; motherly.

māz_e_: a tangle; a network.

mē̍ c̵hăn´ĭ cal: relating to tools and machinery.

mĕc̵h´an ĭs̝m: arrangement of the parts of anything.

Mē dē´ȧ.

mĕd´ĭ tāt_e_: intend; think seriously.

mē_e_d: reward.

mĭn´ȧ rĕt: the tall, slender tower of a mosque.

mĭn´strĕl: poet; singer.

mĭs chȧnç_e_´: misfortune; ill luck.

mĭs´ch_i_ē̍ v_o_ŭs: doing harm in play.

mŏc´cȧ sĭn: an Indian shoe made of deerskin, the sole and the upper part being in one piece.

Moon of Leaves: May.

mosque (mŏsk): a church in Eastern countries.

mo̤_u̱_s tȧçh´ĭ ō̍s̝: mustache.

mŭl´lĕt: a kind of fish.

my̆s´tẽr y̆: something secret.

năn kē_e_n´: a kind of yellow cotton cloth.

Nĕp´tū̍n_e_.

no͝ok: corner.

No̤_u_r´gĭ hän.

No̤_u_ rŏn´nĭ här.

ō̍ bē_i_´sanç_e_: bow.

ŏb scū´rĭ ty̆: darkness.

ŏb s̝ẽrv´ĭng: seeing; noticing.

ôr´bĭts: paths round the sun.

Ôr´pheus (fūs).

palanquin (păl aṉ kēn´): an inclosed carriage, used in China and India, which is borne on the shoulders of men by means of two poles.

păr´ȧ çhṳt_e_: a sort of umbrella by means of which descent is made from a balloon.

păt´tĕns̝: wooden soles made to raise the feet above mud.

pē_e_rs̝: equals.

pĕlf: money; riches.

Pē´lĭ ăs.

pĕn´ē̍ trāt_e_: pierce into.

Pĕ rï bä´no̤_u_.

pĕs´tĭ lenç_e_: the plague; a deadly disease.

philosophy (fĭ lŏs´ō̍ fy̆): the science or knowledge of things, their causes and their effects.

phiz (fĭz): face.

pilot-cloth sack: a coat made of coarse dark blue cloth such as pilots wear.

plī´ant: bending easily without breaking.

plŭm´my̆: full of plums.

pŏl´lȯ_c_k: a sea-fish somewhat like the cod.

pŏl lū´tion (shŭn): uncleanness.

pôr´pȯ_i_s ĕs̝: sea animals.

pōrt: manner of carrying oneself.

pōr trā_y_´al: description.

pō´tion (shŭn): drink; dose, usually of liquid medicine.

prī_e_d: looked closely.

prŏd´ûç_e_: that which is brought forth from the ground.

profession (prō̍ fĕsh´ŭn): employment; the business which one follows.

prō̍ mōt´ĕd: advanced; raised in rank.

prō̍ trūd´ĕd: thrust out.

prow: the forepart of a vessel.

prowl´ĭng: going stealthily or slyly.

quạd´rụ pĕd: an animal having four feet.

quā_i_nt: odd; curious.

quạr´ry̆: the animal hunted.

qua̤r´tẽr stạf_f_: a long, stout staff used as a weapon.

quĕst: search.

răm´pärts: walls surrounding a place for its defense.

rē̍ lŭc´tant: unwilling.

rĕm ĭ nĭs´çĕnç ĕs̱ recollections.

rē̍ mŏn´stranç ĕs̝: objections.

rē̍ nounç_e_´: give up.

rē̍ pĕl´: drive away.

rē̍ prō_a_ch´fụl ly̆: chidingly.

rē̍ quīr_e_d´: needed.

rĕs̝´ĭn: a gummy substance which flows from the fir tree.

rē̍ splĕn´dent: very bright; shining.

rē̍ tīr_e_d´: went away.

rĕv ẽr ĕn´tial (shal): respectful; humble.

rō_a_m_e_d: wandered; went from place to place.

rō´s̝ē̍ ā̍t_e_: rosy.

ro̤_u_ tïn_e_´: regular course of action.

rŭd´dĭ nĕss: redness.

săl´lĭ_e_d: ran out.

Säm ar känd´.

Sä mō´ä.

săn´dals̱: shoes consisting of soles strapped to the feet.

s_c_ĕp´tẽr: a staff carried by a king as a sign of his authority.

sē_a_-pī_e_s̱: shore birds, sometimes called oyster catchers.

sē̍ clūd´ĕd: apart from others; lonely.

sĕ_d_ġ´ĕs̝: coarse grasses which grow in marshy places.

Sĕ rā´pĭs.

shē_e_r: straight up and down.

shĭl´lĭngs̝: the shilling is a silver coin of Great Britain equal in value to about twenty-four cents of our money.

shō_a_l: a great number, a crowd--said especially of fish.

smōl´dẽr ĭng: burning and smoking without flame.

sō´j_o_ûrn ẽrs̝: those who dwell for a time.

sō̍ lĭç´ĭt: ask earnestly.

sŏl´ĭ tā̍ ry̆: lonely.

sŏm´bẽr: dark; gloomy.

sōr_e_´ly̆: greatly.

sȯv´ẽr _e_ĭ_g_n: effectual.

species (spē´shēz): kinds.

spīk_e_d: made the guns useless by stopping the vent or touchhole with a nail or spike.

sprā_y_: water falling in very small drops.

sprīt_e_s: spirits; fairies.

squa̤_w_s̝: Indian women.

strā_igh_t´wā_y_: at once.

strănd: shore.

strĭds̝: passages between steep rocks or banks so narrow that they look as if they might be crossed at a stride.

stûr´dy̆: strong.

sŭb´stĭ tū̍t_e_: a person or thing put in place of another.

sŭlk´ĭ ly̆: peevishly; angrily.

sŭl´tan: an Eastern king.

sŭp´pl_e_: easily bent.

sŭs pĕnd´ĕd: hung.

swē_e_p: a boy who cleans chimneys by sweeping them.

swĩrl´ĭng: whirling.

sylph (sĭlf): a fairy.

sy̆m´pȧ thīz_e_: pity.

Tăm´ȧ ră_c_k: the American larch.

Tȧ quȧ mē´na̤_w_: a river of northern Michigan, which flows into Lake Superior.

tẽrns̝: long-winged seabirds.

tĕt̶h̶´ẽr_e_d: fastened by a rope, for feeding within certain limits.

Thẽr mŏp´y (ē̍) l_a_ē.

t̶h̶ĭt̶h̶´ẽr: to this place.

tō´k_e_ns̝: signs.

tow'ẽr ĭng: very high.

trăṉ´quĭl: quiet, calm.

trăns pâr´ent: that can be seen through.

trăns pōrt´ĕd: carried.

tûr´bū̍ lent: disturbed; roused to great commotion.

ŭn ġĕn´tl_e_: not gentle; rough.

ûr´chĭn: a little boy.

V_a_ī lï´ma.

văl´iant (yant): brave.

văl´or: courage.

vä_u_nt´ĭng ly̆: boastingly; braggingly.

vē_e_r_e_d: turned; changed direction.

vẽr´dū̍r _o_ŭs: green.

vī´brāt_e_s: moves to and fro.

vĭz´iers (yẽrs̝): in Eastern countries, officers of high rank.

Vŭl´can.

whĭst: still; quiet.

wĭg'wạms̝: Indian houses made of poles covered with mats or bark.

wĭnd´fa̤l_l_: portion of a forest blown down in a wind storm.

_w_rô_ugh_t: worked.

Xerxes (Zẽrx´ēs̝).

yạ_ch_t: a light sea-going vessel used for parties of pleasure, racing, etc.

Phonic Chart

Vowels

ā _as in_ hāte ā̍ _as in_ senā̍te ă _as in_ hăt ä _as in_ fär a̤ _as in_ a̤ll ȧ _as in_ ȧsk â _as in_ câre ē _as in_ mē ē̍ _as in_ bē̍lieve ĕ _as in_ mĕt ẽ _as in_ hẽr ī _as in_ pīne ī̍ _as in_ ī̍dea ĭ _as in_ pĭn ĩ _as in_ sĩr ō _as in_ nōte ō̍ _as in_ viō̍let ŏ _as in_ nŏt ū _as in_ tūbe ū̍ _as in_ pictū̍re ŭ _as in_ tŭb ụ _as in_ pụll û _as in_ fûr ṳ _as in_ rṳde oi, oy _as in_ oil, toy ou, ow _as in_ out, now o͞o _as in_ mo͞on o͝o _as in_ fo͝ot

Equivalents

ạ=ŏ _as in_ whạt e̱=ā _as in_ the̱y ê=â _as in_ thêre ï=ē _as in_ polïce ĩ=ẽ _as in_ bĩrd o̤=o͞o _as in_ do̤ ọ=o͝o _or_ ụ _as in_ wọman ô=a̤ _as in_ hôrse ȯ=ŭ _as in_ sȯn ȳ=ī _as in_ flȳ y̆=ĭ _as in_ hy̆mn

Consonants

c _as in_ call ç _as in_ çent ch _as in_ chase c̶h _as in_ c̶horus çh _as in_ çhaise g _as in_ get ġ _as in_ ġem s _as in_ same s̝ _as in_ has̝ th _as in_ thin t̶h _as in_ t̶his ṉ (=ng) _as in_ iṉk x (=ks) _as in_ vex x̝ (=gs) _as in_ ex̝ist

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.

Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.

Enclosed italics (but not bold) markup in _underscores_.

Enclosed bold markup in =equals=.

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