SECTION IV.

REGULAR SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS.

LONG SOUNDS.

Two or more vowels combined, of which one only is

Here be particular to point out to the pupil that, in each combination, one vowel only is marked, and that only is heard; the whole group or combination representing the single sound denoted by the vowel marked; thus, āi, in aid, is to be pronounced precisely as if the i were not there at all; so ea in beam (bēme), õa, bōat (bōte). Let it be well understood that nothing is heard but the regular long sounds of the several vowels, (ā, ē, ō, &c.), though another vowel, in each case, appears to the eye.