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nlL'rt,

:\r.\l

r¡~nb

grcat. As

fll th

fllip

will mec t

WHh

gr(';¡t rdilbnce in

lile water gOlng over lhe r..rodd

ti\~.:.

anJ

LlIl

liill~ \~ben

goioC

;{· hCdct.

fhe will not lall

11)u.::1\

lhe

lec\nrJ. N ow

JOI11('

O\ip "buildtrs

imagine.

~l.lt

i'5 impoillolc

lO 1lI,Ike a

(hlj)

c,¡rry

her

guns

wc:ll,

CdTr)' ;I.

gooJ

folil,

anJ be a prime

fÁllor

al Ihe fJme li llle ;

c.tu

rt:

requircs

íl

very full

bOHo", 10 gaio

the two

hrlt

C] uali tics, and a Iharp.boltomed 01i p beH anfwers

lhe

lat.

ter :

bUI

wh< o it is confiJered, that a

full

f111p

\ViII car–

ry a grctlt de,11 more

rail

thAn a fhup one, a good artift

~l.1 y

ro form ,he body . s

h,ve all ,hefe lhree good

C} ll.tli tiC's nnited, and likewife Heer well ; for which

puro

pofe. l\Ir D u H.lmel recommends

romewhat

length

lhan has ¡-een eo",monly praBifed.

SHIPTON , a markcl-lo\Vn, ,\Venly_four miles foulh-e.a

of W oreel!cr.

SHIRE, in geography, figniGes ,he fame

eounly ; be–

ing originally derived from

Saxon word whieh Ggnif:es

l o

divia'~.

SH IVE RS, in lhe fea I. nguage, names given to lhe liule

rolIers or round wheels of pulIeys.

SHOAD, alT\ong miners, denole, a train of metallinc nones,

k rvlng to dlrcét thcm io the difcovet y of mines.

SHOAL , in lhe lea-I

,ngu.ge,

denotes a place where ,he

w.ter

ChaJlow,

SHOE , a eovering fur the fOOl, ufually

m.de

of I<..her,

by (he company of cOJ'dwainers.

for an anchor

a {hipo the place for the anchor to

rd !, and fi ltcd ro recelve rhe

Itock,

Oc.

fo étSro prevent

the Iheets, tacl<s, and othcr rllnning rigging. from galling,

or being entanglcd ""ilh {he ftoufls

SHORE, a , lace w,fhed by ,he lea, or hy fome large river,

Counc Mét rligli diVIdes che: fea-fuore ioto three por.

tioos : ,he firll of -which i, that Iraél. o(

J..

nd which the

feOl

j af~

re3.ches

norms and high tides,

but

whlch it

never cover¡.; che fecond pa:

of lhe fuore.

that whlch

is covered in hi gh tido and l1orms,

bU[

is dry al mher

times ; and the lhird is the defcem from lhis. which is

alwtlys covered 'w'ith water.

SHOREH

·I M,

a bo,ough and POrt IOwn of surr, x. lwenty–

five miles cal! of Chiehefter,

fend, two members to

parliament.

SHORT ... HAND

W R 1 T 1 N G.

ST EsnCRAPH Y, or

the An

of SH O lT+HA NO

\VRI1I)rOC,

wh~n w~1l underf!ood~

"ni rendered fa–

miliar

praébce,

aHended wlth many v.lJuabJe

conicquences,

\Ve

{halJ,

withOUl

allempti~g

to enumcrate

HE Alph. be' being ,he foond" ion upon whieh lhe per

feaion of the

art

depends, gre,lt

cale

mufl be

taken

cOablifh il in ,he bell manner. AII lhe Gmple rounds mur!

be reprefenled by lhe fhorteO marks porJible. W e mufl,

therefore, nOl only rejeét lhe eomplex marks eO,bl,fh, d by

enflom in our cammon alphabet.

bUl

alfo thofe

Icltels

them·

!,Ives \Vhofe founds may al\Vay, be Ggn,fied by olbers; and

finiple marks mull be provided for (ueh Gmple found, as are

curtom reprcrt'nted

t\Va letters

"opiece :

for which

Teafon, ir is

necelTary

tO examine

the alphabet,

aRd to fix

the number of charaf'ters, bdore we proceed

invcll¡gate

lhe marks whích are

rcprcCent them

Firlt,

then. Jet us

confidcr what

number of confonants may be requifire, We

I'hall .. ftc rw;¡rds treat of

[he

vowels

wnich are to be repre–

fenleo by poin:s or dou,.

The confonants. according to Qur ufual reckoning, are,

j .

t /, "'.

J J

/ .

'111,

Hut

cullom diffcrs from nature in inferting the let–

lers (,

!J.

"W, ).',

J .

and in omitting

Ih, zh, Ih, dh, eh:

f3r

having always eithcr

[he

found of

lhat of

l oo,

"11)

o,:, .

11,

"nd

i ;

in an alpnabet ac–

eordlnn lOnature none of (hefe could have fouod " place;

.no

1%.

zh,.

Ih, di"

<~,

rep'efenling fine1e

eunfonant.oI

{llunds

::IS

mllch as

doe, . whofe power is that

off.

ought

.11

h,ve becn' d<nolcd by Gnele eharaBe",

mon of

.th r'lll

<trc io the alphahets of otiler I,lnS!lIages .

The natu..

al¡lhabcl, ,hererore, misil t have been takcn

the inhni'e variety of fyOem, that have beeo publifhed.

fll rntfh our readers wlth thal fyCle m which appe:ars to be che

mol! eafy, beau,ifuI. "nd expedi,ious, and

,he fame

time

. ,Icul,,,d (or general ufe.

for Our fhort-hand one, rrjeéling the fuperHuou, lellers

'tU.

x ,

. nd inrerting ;n lheir Oe.d

jh,

zh, Ih, dh, eh:

bu-,

ha\l,n~

fome m;trks t1'al wcre Rot conveoiently applica–

ble lO any other pllrpofe. and

being

compendiurn to re·

Ple!"enl two lener, by

fioglc charaller, as io ,he

and

and fo me eafe

the reflder

rttai n at the beginning of

worcts the

'UI

anti

":'Ihich he has been Ion, acC'uttomed

\Ve

fh all, 10lall y rejeB;ng ,he

appropriate diOinél

mark.

to denote

'W. "

when they are in;tial leuers ;

DOC

fcrupl;ng however. in olher fit u:uions, ir it prove more con·

venient, to denote them

l .

~/. ~o

and

refpeéttvcly.

Z¡'

never

had

any particular mark

fi gnify it by; and

CUOOOl has . for a long pa iod or rime, cealed

tOm.kc

i\oy

diOinttion in wriling bet

\Veen

the

¡:¡nd

dh :

and .l.S ,he

adherence to nature in m:lking nice diflinfl i\los , \\,Ihere cu·

flom has not, would he fo far, in this cafe, from erving

any valuable purpofe or fu ort.hand, Ih.n it would r.uher,

on the cootrary, n'nder the learniog

write and read it

more diffi cult,

\V6

have. io purfuance or our plan, com·

plied Wilh euflom in drorping 'he

z¡'.

and morking lhe

10lln,Is bOlh of

and

by ,he

f.me

eh. raBa.

Sao"

bear lhe Came rdation

cach other, that Ihe

and

do ; ami lhe fou nd or :: in Ollr

CUflOOl.l.ry

\\':1)'

wrilinr, is very frcquently exprdred by

l .

except in

C1(~S

when

occu rs at Ihe bcginning or \l'ords, \\,Ihich

hdprt'n

bU(

\'CI

y ft.'ldom.

Ther~

cuofidc rations induce us

("cure

thc gn:cll

con\'~Dicnce

which an fe:; {rom

(¡¡n,fr ing

lJoth

aud