Oviedo says that "they were a dainty dish to set before the king," Labat describes potatoes a hundred years ago, as cultivated in Western Africa, and says of them, "Il y en a en Irlande, et en Angleterre," and that he had seen very good ones at Rochelle.

CHAPTER X PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

For the reasons just given, the y of the word glory runs into the succeeding syllable, and most assuredly is not cut off, when we read of the excess Of Glory obscured: as when the sun, new ris'n, Looks through the horizontal misty air, but the y in misty stands as a full syllable because the word air is accented.

" "Whut wus yer in when ye took her?" "The Vengeance, a three-masted schooner, the fastest thing afloat.

She worked over yer for two or three hours, sir, afore I hed any hope.

5.It is also a general principle, that nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change the y into i, and add es for the plural, without increase of syllables: as, fly, flies; ally, allies; city, cities; colony, colonies.

One ob de preachers was a-tellin' about ole mudder Ebe a-eatin' de apple, and says he: De sarpint fus' come along wid a red apple, an' says he: 'You gib dis yer to your husban', an' he think it so mighty good dat when he done eat it he gib you anything you ax him fur, ef you tell him whar de tree is.'

Miss Abigail give yer on yer hair?

"And you take all that's addressed to yer at that price or you get none."

"I kin tote yer like a fedder.

y for the automobile, it has achieved so many remarkable speed records that its name is suggestive of swiftness.

"I syke when y singe for sorewe that y se When y with wypinge bihold upon the tre, Ant se

The native can't say any word beginning with s without putting a y before it, thusy-spice beef, y-street.

" "On'y, you jist mind wot yer about!" said his mother, "and see't you keep dem clo'es from gettin' wet.

Note the change of y to i. * * * *

But a booful angel, all in white, tuk yer by de han' an' toted yer back to Tulee an' Chloe.

My marster doan 'low no strange niggers roun' dis yer plantation, an' yo' better take yo' yaller hide 'way f'um yer as fas' as yo' kin.'

Teddy's gaping and rubbing of his eyes with his fists, and, finally, his stretching of arms and legs, reassured Tim of the fellow's sanity, and he added: "If yer hadn't woke just now, I'd tried ef lammin' yer over the head would've done any good.

Cuando el organista bajó de la tribuna, la muchedumbre que se agolpo á la escalera fué tanta, y tanto su afán por verle y admirarle, que el asistente temiendo, no sin razón, que le ahogaran entre todos, mando á algunos de sus ministriles para que, vara en mano, le fueran abriendo camino hasta llegar al altar mayor, donde el prelado le esperaba.

'But he shouldn't fly out at yer without 'earin a word.

For purposes of versification y as a vowel may be treated as i.

The semivowels are, f, h, j, l, m, n, r, s, v, w, x, y, z, and c and g soft: but w or y at the end of a syllable, is a vowel; and the sound of c, f, g, h, j, s, or x, can be protracted only as an aspirate, or strong breath.

The introduction of the sound of y between the sounds of v and ur, is not uncommon in the vernacular or corrupted pronunciation of many words; nay, it is sanctioned by general usage, in "behaviour" from "behave," "Saviour" from "save," &c.

Y nunca me hablaba de dote. BRUNO.

Ver-r-y pr-r-etty it will look!" Cordelia Running Bird smiled prospectively, displaying small white teeth and two round dimples.