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 only in the native vocabularies published for the benefit of compradores and servants entering the service of English masters. One specimen of this class of work is a little volume of twelve or fifteen pages, and is entitled "A Vocabulary of Words in Use among the Red-Haired People." Its outer cover is adorned with a full-length portrait of one of the red-haired race dressed in the costume of the Georgian period, in breeches and stockings, and armed with stick and sword."

The difficulty which a Chinese experiences in mastering the English pronunciation pronunciation may be inferred from the fact that in this book brother (elder) is expressed by pat-lut-ta, youngest brother