ned?
2. Are these rules to be carefully studied?
3. Repeat the first rule.
4. What value is given to silent consonants?
5. What have the same value as the consonants themselves?
6. What does the consonant "N" sometimes sound like?
7. What value is assigned to it in such cases?
8. What is the consonant X equal to?

4.--No notice is taken of any _vowel_ or of w (war = 4) or y
(yoke = 7), or of h (the = 1) except as part of ch or sh. Words
like Weigh, Whey, &c., having no figure values, are never counted.
If one word ends with, and the next word begins with, the _same_
consonant, they are both reckoned, as That Toad = 1111.

HOW TO DEAL WITH DECIMAL FRACTIONS.

The pupil may skip the next paragraph if not wishing to deal with
decimals.

[As a rule, it is better not to use words _beginning_ with S, except to
translate _decimals_ and _fractions_, and Date-words where a _doubt_
might otherwise arise (unless in a phrase like "To see Jiji," "delay a
spy," &c.); and in case of the _decimals_, S, as the _initial_ letter,
means (not 0, but) the decimal point. (1) If there is an integer
followed by a decimal, two separate words are used; the decimal-word
begins with S, thus: 945.51 = barley sold; 71.3412 = "good Samaritan."
(2) If it is a decimal by itself, the S indicates the decimal point
only; .01 = society; .02 = Susan; .94 = sparrow. (3) If it is a vulgar
fraction, the words translating numerator and denominator begin with S,
and the S's are not counted, the numerator-word coming first, and the
denominator-word last; thus 5/12 = sell Satan.]

As to Date-words, just _before_ the Christian Era you may use an initial
S [or the vowel A, or any other vowel], as, Stir would mean 14 B.C.
[Before Christ]; and, of course, Tower would mean 14 A.D. [for _Anno
Domini_--in the year of our Lord]; Soar = 4 B.C., and Rue = 4 A.D. In a
Date-word like Trial, to express 145 B.C., no doubt could arise; if the
Pupil knows the contemporary history, he could not imagine it could be
290 later, or 145 A.D. If he fears he might not remember that it was
B.C. he could remove all doubt by using the word Stroll, or any other
word which translates 145 and begins with S.

1. Do we ever take any notice of a vowel?
2. Are there any words which do not have a figure value, and if so,
what are they?
3. When do we use the letter "S" in dealing with decimals?
4. When does "S" indicate the decimal point?
5.