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When reading verse the Telugus like all other Hindus use a sort of vociferous chant; (the papists call it "intonation,") and at the md of every stanza they are taught to drawl out the last syllable in a kind of quaver which to our ears is absurd. It is needless for us to imitate this method which a native tutor will lay aside when he finds that it does not please the English ear.

Though the learner must enunciate loudly, he need not do so after he has obtained some familiarity with the sounds.

Contractions.

The common contractions of words, (whether Sanscrit, Telugu, Hindustani or English) used in letter writing and accounts are as follows :—The Hindustani words are marked (H.)