WYMAN'S 
 
 SHORT HAND 
 
 FOR INDIA. 
 
THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
Wyman's Short-hand for India. 
 
 THE STENOGRAPHER'S GUIDE 
 
 \ SIMPI.K VXD COMPREHENSIVE 
 
 SYSTEM OF SHORT-HAND 
 
 ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR INDIA ; 
 
 \VHEREBY 
 
 THE ART OF WRITING IN SHORT-HAND 
 
 MAY BE EASILY ACQUIRED. 
 
 BY F. F. WYMAN & M. R. COLK.MA.Y 
 
 CALCUTTA: 
 
 CiKO. WYMAN & CO., 1 & IA, HARK STIJKKT, 
 
 PUBLISHERS &. BOOKSELLERS. 
 1866. 
 
INTRODUCTION, 
 
 rriHE system of SHORT-HAND now offered to the Indian public, 
 although founded to a certain extent on previous methods, 
 contains many important modifications and improvements, which 
 will be found to render it most simple and comprehensive. 
 
 It is not necessary to dilate here on the many advantages which 
 Short-Hand possesses, not only for the ordinary purposes of 
 reporting, but for the keeping of private memoranda, confidential 
 onvspondence, &c., &c. 
 
 A very little amount of ordinary attention and practice will 
 place these advantages fully at the command of the careful 
 student. 
 
 Proficiency depends solely upon constant pi-actice, even if but 
 a few sentences be studied daily : and when once thoroughly 
 acquired, Stenography is as unlikely to be forgotten as Long- 
 Hand. 
 
 To show, clearly, the practicability of Short-Hand to native 
 words, a special Vocabulary has been compiled. 
 
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 LIBRARY 
 
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS. 
 
 E first thing to be committed to memory arid practice is the 
 Alphabet, then the Table of Joined Letters ; and these should 
 be perfectly acquired before proceeding any further. When suffi- 
 ciently advanced, corresponding by means of Stenography will be 
 found very desirable. The habit of writing all memoranda in 
 Short-Hand is also a great help to improvement. 
 
 Careful subsequent practice with the Exercises, and with the 
 Tables of Arbitraries, will soon qualify the student to write exer- 
 cises and form arbitraries for himself. Especial regard should be 
 had to the proverb, " Hasten slowly ; " for a habit of imperfect 
 formation of the characters can only lead to ultimate difficulty 
 and uncertainty in perusal, and so destroy one-half the utility of 
 Short-Hand writing. 
 
 As a rule, in Short-Hand, all words are spelt as they are pro- 
 nounced This may at first cause some little difficulty to the 
 student, but as he becomes familiar with the Art, it will be found 
 quite as easy to spell a word Stenograph ically as in the ordinary 
 manner. It is possible, however, that the student may find that 
 some few words will be read more easily by being spelt in the 
 
4 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 usual way, and much, in this respect, must be left to individual 
 fancy. 
 
 Either pen or pencil is suitable for use and practice. When 
 the pen is used, it will be found better to write with it held 
 almost perpendicularly over the paper, as the characters will 
 thereby be formed more correctly and easily. When a pencil is 
 used, a hard and fine one should be chosen. 
 
 Every fresh sentence should be commenced in the middle of 
 the succeeding line, in order to preserve as much distinction as 
 possible ; and, as occasion requires, such as the division of a sub- 
 ject, a different speaker, &c., a line should be drawn right across 
 the paper, the report being recommenced. 
 
 It is a convenient method of distinction between speakers, to 
 draw a double oblique line close at the edge of the left-hand side 
 of the paper, inclining upwards from left to right, but on no 
 account should the writing be continued without paying regard to 
 full stops, which may be thxis indicated. All other punctuation 
 must generally be dispensed with ; or, if used, a wider space than 
 usual must be left between the words or sentences, as being pre- 
 ferable to its omission altogether. 
 
 The characters should at first be written in rather a large hand, 
 carefully and plainly, so that their form may become perfectly 
 familiar to the eye, before attempting rapidity, which is the last 
 thing to acquire. Great attention must be given to this latter 
 point, as upon it alone depends whether the student writes a 
 good Short-Hand ; for example, the letter m should not be 
 written as the joined letters gm (see Table of Joined Letters, 
 Plate 2). 
 
PLcUtZ. 
 
 V 
 
 1 
 
 r 
 
 r 
 
 
 
 N 
 
 v/ 
 
 uJ 
 
 r 
 
 T 
 
 r 
 
 r 
 
 (T 
 
 $ 
 
 J 
 
 J 
 
 V 
 
 r 
 
 S, 
 
 \ 
 
 V 
 
 k 
 
 k 
 
 X 
 
 c\ 
 
 c 7 
 
 V<K 
 
 C 5 " 
 
 r 
 
 r 
 
 r 
 
 J 
 
 J 
 
 r 
 
 t 
 
 V 
 
 S 
 
 V, 
 
 li 
 
 c 7 
 
 X 
 
 ex: 
 
 O 
 
 OD 
 
 X 
 
 /\ 
 
 r 
 
 X 
 
 /t 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 H 
 
 V 
 
 s[ 
 
 0/V 
 
 \ 
 
 O 
 
 s 
 
 O 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 Straight lines should be made straiykl,, and not crooked or 
 curved ; semicircles should be made semicircle*, arid not three- 
 quarters of a circle. 
 
 \ 
 
 EXPLANATION OF THE CHARACTERS. 
 
 A is a point placed above the character, thus 
 
 " Attention " 
 
 E is a double comma " Parsee " 
 
 I is a point in centre of the character, " it " 
 
 O is a double comma 
 
 U is a point below the character 
 Y is a comma 
 
 "to" 
 
 " urgent " 
 " very " 
 
 These vowels can never well be forgotten ; they require simply 
 to be read carefully over in order to be remembered. 
 
 These are only used when absolutely necessary, such as when 
 strongly accented, or when isolated, and sometimes when a word 
 is commenced with one or more ; for instance, were such an awk- 
 ward sentence to occur as, " I am going out to tea too" a vowel 
 would be written before the t in " out" and after it in "tea" and 
 " too ;" otherwise, there would be a row of upright strokes, which 
 
6 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 would never be understood. Where words or sentences of such a 
 curious nature are met with, they must be treated according to 
 the student's best judgment ; if, however, he finds no difficulty as 
 to time in adding the vowels, it would be as well to do so. 
 
 By leaving out the vowels, several different words may perhaps 
 be suggested to the mind, each being composed of the same conso- 
 nants ; but the connection will always correct any error which 
 might thus be made. 
 
 Cj v and z are not required to be used ; the words being spelt 
 as they are pronounced, c soft and z are superseded by s ; j by y ; 
 and v by_/I 
 
 D and r would appear at first sight alike, but the difference 
 between them consists in d being drawn from the top downwards, 
 and r from the bottom upwards. A glance at the table (Plate 2) 
 will explain this. Observe the difference between Dr and Rd. 
 
 H is generally omitted where it is not aspii-ated, and when it 
 occurs in the middle of a word. It is, however, quite optional 
 when to use it. 
 
 S must be written longer when it denotes the plural number ; 
 the same thing will apply when double ; it also sometimes stands 
 for "soever" (see Second Part of Arbitraries, Plate 1). 
 
 The vowel y is mostly required, and is placed in its proper 
 position with respect to the word, but is not actually written till 
 after the whole of the character is formed, so as not to rai.se 
 the pen. 
 
 The two terminations, ing and yht, must be made smaller than 
 the ordinary letters, that for iny being smaller than an inverted m, 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 and the end of ght smaller than^ so that no peq>lexity may 
 as to their meaning. (See Alphabet, Plate 1.) 
 
 The looped letters should be commenced with the loop, all of 
 which (except w) may be turned whichever way is found most 
 convenient. (See Table, Plate 2.) The termination -character ing 
 must end with the loop, and must never be used in the middle of 
 a word as " exceedingly" but only as a termination. 
 
 READING AND WRITING. 
 
 Where numbers occur, they should be written in figures in 
 preference to being spelt in Short-Hand characters, except where 
 a decided advantage is obtained, as in the words " million" 
 11 thousand" where time would be saved by so doing. " Five 
 hundred and seventy-seven thousand " might be written " 577 " 
 in numbers, and " thousand " in Short-Hand. However, each 
 writer must arrange such minor matters in any manner which he 
 considers to be most conducive to expedition and clearness. 
 
 A word or a sentence underlined, in most instances implies 
 repetition, though sometimes it is used to denote emphasis ; 
 but the memory will almost invariably decide for which it is 
 intended. 
 
 No difference whatever can be made between thick and thin 
 lines as a distinction. 
 
 In deciphering a passage, the student will experience great help 
 
8 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 by translating the Short-Hand consonants, writing them down on 
 paper, and then reading each letter separately, which will gene- 
 rally serve to convey the word to his mind, until, in a short time, 
 he will recognise the general formation of any particular word 
 without the trouble of spelling the consonants over. 
 
 Persons studying Stenography soon become aware that they 
 have to learn to read as well as to write ; this, indeed, is the 
 more difficult part of the subject, enpecially if the handwriting be 
 not a very legible one : so that, as before stated, quite as much, 
 if not more, time should be devoted to the study of reading than 
 writing. 
 
 Many, after having written a line or two, endeavour to read it, 
 and write a little more ; but this is not a good plan : it would be 
 just as improper as that a child learning to read and write should 
 write one or two lines of a copy, and then take up his reading- 
 book, read a line in that, and afterwards return to his writing. 
 By far the best plan is, to write for half an hour or more, without 
 reading it, and on commencing to do so, to begin in the middle ; 
 after going on a few lines to skip a few words and proceed again ; 
 then go back nearly to the beginning, or read backwards in fact, 
 in any way, so that the memory may not be exercised as to what 
 has been written ; otherwise the object of reading is lost. This 
 will be found eventually of much service in enabling the student 
 to read fluently, and tJien the memory may be properly brought 
 into use. 
 
 When convenient, a friend shoxild dictate in preference to the 
 student's copying from a book, much time being lost in constantly 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 9 
 
 looking at and from the book, which otherwise might be employed 
 in writing. Besides, it is the sound of the word which should be 
 impressed upon the mind through the medium of the ear, and not 
 theybr/rt through the eye. 
 
 On no account should the reader keep many words ahead, until 
 the characters can be formed pretty well, as it always incites 
 haste ; and consequently a slovenly, scrawling hand will be 
 written, which will spoil all previous labour. 
 
 If the friend reads too fast, he should not repeat the sentence, 
 but stop, and the student should then endeavour to recollect what 
 has been read to him : this will serve to cultivate the memory. 
 
 No discom-agement whatever need be experienced at being 
 unsuccessful in the first few attempts to follow a public speaker, 
 as peculiarity of expression, imperfect hearing, together with the 
 publicity of the place, will all add to the difficulty ; but these will 
 soon be overcome. 
 
 Proper names must generally be written in Long- Hand, it being 
 particularly necessary they should be accurate ; they can be read 
 much plainer in the ordinary hand, even thoxigh written roughly. 
 
 In uniting one letter to another, each need not of necessity be 
 made complete, especially where it is required to join k to g ; for if 
 each were perfectly formed they would somewhat resemble gw. 
 Each letter should be accommodated, as far as possible, to the 
 adjacent ones. (See " tick " " g k," Table, Plate 2.) 
 
 It has been previously stated that all words should be spelt as 
 they are pronounced, and also that for the most part vowels should 
 be omitted. 
 
 
 
10 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 In the following pages will be found some simple Exercises, in 
 which this principle is fully carried out. These should, however, 
 not be attempted until the alphabet, joined letters, vocabulary, 
 and short sentences have been well practised and fully mastered. 
 The Table of Arbitraries (Cols. 2 and 3, Plate 1) may be learned 
 gradually as required ; or the student may create his own arbi- 
 traries when sufficiently advanced. 
 
Plate. 7 
 
 CASUAL ARBITRARIES. 
 
 ALPHABET 
 
 I S . T PART 
 
 2 PART 
 
 letter 
 
 Characta 
 
 Wcrds 
 
 Arbitrary 
 
 Word 
 
 4,Mray 
 
 a/ 
 
 V 
 
 
 
 Ah/ 
 Altogether . 
 And/. 
 
 a. 
 
 Advantage/ 
 Coronets 
 ConJradict& ^ 
 
 i 1 
 
 c 
 
 , 
 
 Air, ares, our 
 
 V 
 
 Counteracts (, 
 
 
 y 
 d 
 
 'i 
 
 As it/is } 
 So it is ...../ 
 BeJbre/ 
 
 I 
 
 Contrary 
 Conscience/ 
 Dwcid*'antoLg4/ 
 Discffyer-ed 
 
 ! 
 
 Behind; 
 
 f 
 
 9J 
 k> 
 
 L 
 
 m/ 
 n/ 
 
 \ 
 
 
 
 n 
 
 o 
 
 Between- ' _ 
 Cross-edi. 
 Equal/.. 
 Error. 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Exaggerates- d/ 
 
 Example, 
 Extenswe/ 
 
 Interred; 
 Intricacy 
 
 Ho 
 
 III 
 
 u 
 
 Exdamation 
 
 Eye/ 
 
 (rod; 
 
 P 
 r 
 
 P 
 
 #*> 
 
 Know 
 Lautghtvr 
 Nothing 
 
 I 
 
 Magrdfuenb 
 
 Nasndy, viz. 
 JeYertheleS. 
 
 O*O 
 TT 
 
 S,Z&tSOfb 
 t 
 
 w 
 oc 
 
 ch; 
 
 sh/ 
 ffv 
 ing 
 9 ht 
 
 I 
 
 6) 
 
 C 
 f 
 J 
 
 Notwithsfaruli 
 
 Qvwstunv 
 Something . 
 Tbgether. 
 Within/.^ 
 
 <D 
 
 (T 
 II 
 
 o 
 
 People/. Persons 
 
 e 
 
 (TU 
 
 1 
 
 Ob 
 
 5TT 
 
 Whatsoever .. 
 Whensoever 
 Whoso eyer 
 Wheresoever- 
 With which 
 With, which/, we/ 
 Wholes 
 
 World/ 
 
 
 
 
 
( 11 ) 
 
 A E B I T It A E I E S. 
 
 rPHE Arbitraries are not so difficult as they appear at first 
 sight ; on studying them a little closely it will be observed 
 that they are, for the most part, contractions or else hieroglyphics, 
 which indicate in themselves the words for which they stand : 
 thus observe the Arbitraries for the words Magnificent, Example, 
 Gentleman, &c. (Plate 1), and it will be perceived that they are 
 simply contractions, with a detached mark characterizing an 
 Arbitrary ; and those for the words Intersects, Discover-ed, Cross, 
 United, <fec., are self-evident hieroglyphics. 
 
 A character crossed in any part by an isolated line, may mostly 
 indicate a contraction, as in the three former words it will be seen 
 that part of the word is so crossed. This gi'eatly simplifies the 
 Arbitraries, as in learning them the pupil may not recollect he has 
 a character for the whole word, until he has commenced it with 
 the regular Short-Hand letters : he can then stop, cross it, and the 
 Arbitrary is immediately made. 
 
 Arbitraries so formed are much more easily read afterwards' 
 
12 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 than when they are mere hieroglyphics which do not present 
 any particular meaning to the mind. 
 
 They can also be multiplied to any extent as occasion may 
 require, and that, too, while actually reporting, as it needs no 
 forethought, and yet, in reading, is easily understood to be an 
 Arbitrary. 
 
 Isolated capital letters are very useful as occasional Arbitraries, 
 for the purpose of indicating the principal word of a subject ; for 
 example : A> Anatomy, Architecture, Artist, <fcc. ; B> Building, 
 Bishop, Brethren, &c. ; C> Church, Clerk, &c., according to the 
 subject under discussion. 
 
 Arbitraries for short words are mostly unnecessary, yet a few 
 are essential, on account of the difficulty either in formation, or of 
 deciphering them after they are written, where the ordinary 
 Short-Hand characters are used ; for example, the word error 
 having only the r's left when the vowels are omitted, would 
 cause difficulty in reading it ; consequently, a detached mark is 
 made, to distinguish it as an Arbitrary. The same equally applies 
 to air, are, and our. Again, with the word eye, when the vowels 
 are removed, y is all that is left ; accordingly, a point within a 
 circle (which can be imagined to resemble an eye) indicates an 
 Arbitrary. 
 
 The word know, also, being awkwai'd to form neatly and at 
 the same time expeditiously, becomes an Arbitrary by placing a 
 point in the letter n. The student may compose others for him- 
 self, as occasion may require ; but in doing so should always bear 
 in mind that the great object to attain is rapidity of execution 
 and instant recognition. 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 1 .'> 
 
 It is possible to extend the system of Arbitraries still further by 
 the use of contractions, and by omitting articles and pronouns ; 
 but this is only desirable when the writer is thoroughly familiar 
 with the characters, and is a fluent penman. 
 
14 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY. 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Agdaun 
 
 Agdn 
 
 2 
 
 Baboo 
 
 Bboo 
 
 \, 
 
 Bombay 
 
 Binby 
 
 K 
 
 Bengal 
 
 Bngl 
 
 ^w 
 
 Betel-nut 
 
 Btl nt 
 
 V*i 
 
 Bahadoor 
 
 Bhdr 
 
 \ 
 
 Bukree-wallah 
 
 Bkree wlr 
 
 ^^ 
 
 Calcutta 
 
 Klktta 
 
 //! 
 
 Chingeree 
 
 Clmgree 
 
 V 
 
 Cooly 
 
 Klly 
 
 ^ 
 
 Chittee 
 
 Chtee 
 
 i 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 15 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Chokeedar 
 
 Chkdr 
 
 > 
 
 Chuprassee 
 
 Chprsee 
 
 (/?/ 
 
 Chattye 
 
 Chttye 
 
 1, 
 
 Chunam 
 
 Chnm 
 
 <_ 
 
 Delhi Gazette 
 
 Dly Gstt 
 
 ' ^L-, 
 
 Dhall 
 
 Dhl 
 
 (f ^^ 
 
 Dirsee 
 
 Drsee 
 
 r~* 
 
 Durwan 
 
 Drwn 
 
 ^V J 
 
 //o 
 
 Dhoby 
 
 Dby 
 
 o\ 
 
 Englishman 
 
 Nglshmn 
 
 *-rv 
 
 Exchange 
 
 MlnAAA 
 
 Xchng 
 
 CiAcx* 
 
 J 
 
16 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Ghee 
 
 Ghee 
 
 /, 
 
 Gram 
 
 Grm 
 
 V 1 - 
 
 Gharry 
 
 Ghry 
 
 ^ 
 
 Gooru-wallah 
 
 Gru wlh 
 
 /off 
 
 Hay 
 
 Hooghly 
 
 ' Hy 
 Hgly 
 
 t 
 
 k 
 
 Indian 
 
 Ndn 
 
 t. 
 
 Inspector 
 
 Nspktr 
 
 ^v 
 
 Indigo 
 
 Ndgo 
 
 X 
 
 Jharun 
 
 Jrn 
 
 y~ 
 
 Justice 
 
 Gsts 
 
 X -L- 
 
 Khillut 
 
 Kilt 
 
 / 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 17 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PllONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Khitmutgar 
 Kalye-wallah 
 Kunka 
 
 Ktmtgr 
 Klye wlh 
 Knka 
 
 V 
 
 f $ 
 
 tf &rf 
 t 
 
 Lakliiraj 
 
 Lkrj 
 
 ^ 
 
 Lieutenant 
 
 Ltnt 
 
 A, 
 
 Legislation 
 Mombaiik 
 
 Lgsltn 
 Mmbrk 
 
 /wt 
 
 Madras 
 
 Mdrs 
 
 *-}S- 
 
 Mutlah 
 
 Mtlb. 
 
 ~y 
 
 [ Mahomedcin 
 
 Mhmdn 
 
 0^ 
 
 Musalchee 
 
 Mslchee 
 
 C^V 
 
 Meh trance 
 
 Mtrnee 
 
 a-/" 
 
18 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Mem Sahib 
 
 Mm Srb 
 
 ^-^ 
 
 Mistree 
 
 Mstree 
 
 "-Y. 
 
 Office 
 
 Fs 
 
 ^~ 
 
 Post 
 
 Pst 
 
 ^ 
 
 Punkah 
 
 Pnkr 
 
 Ev 
 
 Putnee 
 
 Ptnee 
 
 I 
 
 Puckka 
 
 Pkr 
 
 & 
 
 Punjab 
 
 Pnjb 
 
 ^ 
 
 Parsee 
 
 Prsee 
 
 V~ 
 
 Pawn 
 
 Pwn 
 
 L 
 
 Poojah 
 
 Pjr 
 
 V 
 
 Rajah 
 
 Rjr 
 
 /x' 
 
STENOGUAPIIY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 19 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Rice 
 
 Rs 
 
 r 
 
 Sandhcad 
 
 Sndlul 
 
 7 
 
 Sorang 
 
 Srng 
 
 _y^ 
 
 Sahib 
 
 Srb 
 
 _^ 
 
 Sircar 
 
 Srkr 
 
 _x 
 
 Soorkee 
 
 Srkee 
 
 -S* 
 
 Sanscrit 
 
 Snskrt 
 
 -^^ 
 
 Tamil 
 
 Tml 
 
 ^ 
 
 Telugu 
 
 Tlgu 
 
 ^ 
 
 Talook 
 
 Tlk 
 
 ^ 
 
 Thannahdw 
 
 Thndr 
 
 ^ 
 
 Tehaild** 
 
 Thsldi- 
 
 ^ 
 
20 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VOCABULARY continued. 
 
 SPELT. 
 
 PRONOUNCED. 
 
 WRITTEN. 
 
 Vishnu 
 
 Zemindar 
 
 Zillah 
 
 Vshnu 
 
 Zmndr 
 
 Zllr 
 
 Many of the foregoing words, being of frequent occurrence in 
 a speech, might advantageously be formed into Arbitraiies on 
 the plan already explained. They are given here, however, in 
 full, more especially for practice. 
 
 NOTE. The foregoing characters are not in all cases in due 
 proportion as to size, our engraver not being a disciple of the 
 art of Short-Hand ; but the shape of the letters is, iu general, 
 correct. 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 SHORT SENTENCES. 
 
 Mail day to write. 
 
 Ml dy t wrt. 
 
 o-/ / | 6V1 
 
 We went on board. 
 
 W wnt n brd. 
 
 The dinghy wallah refused to go. 
 Th dngy wlr rfsd t g. 
 
 I > 
 
 The tide rose over the course. 
 Th td rs vr th krs. 
 
 f ) r v f rv~ 
 
 The cyclone wave submerged all. 
 Th sykln wv sbmrgd 1. 
 
 The river's bauk is unwholesome mud. 
 Th rvrs bnk s nwhlsm ind. 
 
 r A~V- 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 SHORT SENTENCES continued. 
 
 The jungle is denser than ever. 
 Th gngl s dnsr thn vr. 
 
 f 2^_ <*> 
 
 The tigers killed a native. 
 Th tgrs kid a ntv. 
 
 f V^rtf/ M 
 
 The elephants are at Barrackpore. 
 
 Th Ifnts are t Brkpr. 
 
 , I 
 
 The banghy dak came safely. 
 Th bngy dk km sfly. 
 
 f V, X 
 
 The council sat yesterday. 
 Th knsl st ystrdy. 
 
STRNOGKAI'HV. 23 
 
 SHORT SENTENCES. continued. 
 
 The Bankshall will shortly be removed to more eligible 
 premises in the Strand. 
 
 Mr. Mate Pilot Smith was promoted to the Branch 
 
 i f 
 
 The Post-Office delivered the mails earlier to-day. 
 
 Limited companies grow thicker than ever. 
 
 It is stated that Lall Bazaar is to be rendered wholesome 
 at last. 
 
 The Trades Association has (said the speaker) effected much 
 good. 
 
24 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VERNACULAR ARBITRAR1ES. 
 
 Bengal Presidency ... ... ... ... \^\^ P 
 
 Bombay V^ R 
 
 Co/ 
 
 
 Civil Service ... ... ... ... ... "~ C~~ 
 
 Commissioner of Police ... ... ... 'B '\ \ \ 
 
 Dulhousie Institute ... ... ... ... D u I 
 
 Evening ... ... ... ... ... ... ^ ~~* 
 
 Following ... ... ... ... ... ... . 
 
 Government ... ... ... ... ... p 
 
 Governor-General ... ... ... ... 
 
 
 
 Head Quarters ... ... ... ... ... & Q 
 
 Indian Daily News ... ... ... ... I r\ ^,C\ 
 
 London ... ... ... ... ... ... i w 
 
 Madras Presidency ... ... ... ... g-,, p 
 
 Mail Steamer ... / r~" 
 
 06 
 
STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 VKKVACULAR A KIUTKAKI SB continued. 
 
 Member of Council ... a v 
 
 Morning ... ... ... ... ... ... |N/| ~ 
 
 Newspaper ... ... ... ... ... ' 
 
 North West Provinces ... .. ... ~TJ\p 
 
 Original jxirisdiction ... ... ... ... Q \^ 
 
 Ouclh .................. rfi 
 
 P. and O. Company ... ... ... .. ~7, / _ 
 
 Railway ... R 
 
 Secretary ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 y 
 
 Small Cause Court ... ... ... ... TS- CO 
 
 Telegraph ... ... ... ... ... ... -i- 
 
 Tomorrow ... ... ... ... ... "Tr 
 
 Volunteer Corps ... ... ... -j/~ 
 
 </ c 
 
 Yesterday ...... / 
 
 The principle upon which these Arbitrarics 
 may be extended ad injinitum. 
 
 are designed 
 
EXERCISES. 
 
 IN the following examples, certain of the Arbitraries have 
 been used. These will be found duly contained in the Tables 
 of Vernacular or Casual Arbitraries. In all cases they are 
 printed in italics in the Examples. The writing of the Exer- 
 cises will thus impress them for the most part upon the 
 memory. 
 
 These Exercises should not be proceeded with until the 
 student has fully acquired the Alphabet and Vocabulary. 
 
 EXERCISE 1. 
 The mail steamer anchored off Hooghly Point last night at 
 
 G p.m., and proceeded up at 9 a.m. the following day. 
 
1'S STKNOCK.VI'IIV. 
 
 K \KRC1SE 2. 
 
 Telegraphic communication betuxen Calcutta and I>alasoro 
 
 T 
 
 s restored yesterday 
 
 EXERCISE 3. 
 
 The Indian Daily Neucs publishes a Telegram from 
 
 I ID ~ V~~ T 
 
 this morning, dated 18 Oct., announcing the melancholy 
 
 L M- f If 
 
 intelligence of the death of Lord Palmers ton. 
 
EXERCISE 4. 
 The meeting of tlie Brahmo Soomnj took place yesterday, 
 
 and the following resolutions were agreed to. 
 
 f 
 
 NOTE. The characters as engraved on the wood are not 
 mathematically correct as to proportion. The learner, however, 
 in practising, should endeavour to form the characters as exactly 
 on the model of the alphabet as possible. 
 
30 STENOGRAPHY. 
 
 EXERCISE 5. 
 
 At length we reach Hurdwar, and pitch our tents in a 
 grove of trees in the valley of the Doon, and close by the edge 
 of the river. In the morning we go out to see the fair. 
 Four or five of us climb on to the back of the elephant, 
 which a paternal Government allows me as a part of my 
 official retinue. For viewing a fair or getting through a 
 crowd, there is nothing like an elephant. From the elevation 
 of his back you can see everything clearly, and surely through 
 the densest mass of people. How carefully Behemoth picks his 
 way ! He is an object of intense curiosity to numbers of the 
 people. Some come up and try to touch him. Others bow 
 down and salute him reverently ; Guneish, the god of wisdom, 
 being made in the image of the most sagacious of beasts. As we 
 approach the sacred town, strange sounds fill the air, and looking 
 upwards we see that the whole of the hill-side above us is pierced 
 with temple chambers, hewn out of the solid rock, to which the 
 worshippers are climbing by means of ladders. 
 
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 L 
 
 V 
 
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Exercises 5. 
 
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 f 
 
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STENOGRAPHY. 31 
 
 EXERCISE 6. 
 
 We wear our costumes as we take our pleasures, sadly ; the 
 blackness of the burden, and the fashion in which we wear it, 
 being in some sort the legacy which we have inherited from our 
 Puritan ancestors. 
 
 There was a time when brilliant and picturesque attire was 
 regarded not only as the livery of Moab and the brand of a vessel 
 of wrath, but as something the reverse of respectable, and the 
 badge of a losing cause ; while the sad-coloured garments repre- 
 sented power, dignity, and a good understanding with the 
 Government. No wonder, then, that the latter for a season 
 prevailed. We have long since departed from the spirit and 
 abandoned most of the customs which the Puritans bound roimd 
 our necks as a yoke too grievous to be borne, but we have 
 preserved in dress a certain affectation of gravity and monotony 
 in colour, as being still the mark of a well-regulated mind. In 
 morning dress, indeed, some latitude is allowed ; but for evening 
 dress we are still inexorable, and rigidly exact that costume which 
 gives such a funereal aspect to our men on the most joyous and 
 festive occasions. 
 
MR. COLEMAN will be happy to give personal Instruction, in 
 Calcutta, in the Art, should such be required ; or to Correspond 
 in Short-Hand Exercises with persons in the Mofussil. Appli- 
 cation to be made to WYMAN & Co., Hare Street, Calcutta. 
 
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