The first perpendicular or inclined consonant in a word must rest on the line of writing. Those that follow, take their own proper directions on the line, above, or below it, - as the case may be. It will be observed that the consonant sign forms the proper limb for the outline to rest on. In the lindsley's PHONETIC SHORTHAND.

word bay, for instance, the Be would come clown to tlie line, and the A below it; in came, Ka rests on the line, A is just below, and Em is struck downward; in come, Ka is written as before, u is disjoined and Em .struck upward; in him, Ha commences on the line, and the whole outline is above the line. See Illustration K.

Exercise 12.

Car, jar, bar, arm, farm, mar, tar, far, cart, barn, park, or, for, cork, fork, cord, lord, sort, form, corn, horn, morn, her, herd, jerk, clerk, serf, err. cur, fur, bur, burn, urn, lurk, Turk, curb, turf, surf, curd, curl, furl, burl, curt, fir, sir, firm, dirk, erk, kirk, quirk, gird, bird, girl, work, word, world, worm, worst, wort, girt, birth, first, dirt, hurt.

His farm has a barn on it. He rode in the park in a cart. I put a fork in the cork. The lord put a cord on his neck. He hud a bur for his spur. Do not put a blur on the paper. A Turk may lurk in the dark, and take your urn. He did curb him on the turf. The surf came in a wave on the turf. The girl had a bird, and did gird on a belt. He spoke nut a word in the world.