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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The favourable reception accorded to the First
Edition of this work has encouraged the Publishers
to present this new Edition to the public.
It has been carefully revised as well as slightly
enlarged, and the Publishers trust it may be found
to deserve the same cordial support as that given to
its predecessor.
It should perhaps be mentioned that a few of the
subscribers to the First Edition suggested the use of
diacritical marks in a Second Edition, in order to give
the correct sound of every word, but the Publishers
consider an array of marks in a work which has often
to be hastily referred toas undoubtedly this little
work haswould only be confusing, and they believe
they are meeting the wishes of the majority when they
adhere to the plan originally adopted, viz., that of
writing the words in the third column 'phonetically,
avoiding the use of any marks whatever.
Singapore,
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