War with mexico, volume ii (of 2)

The niceties of the matter would be out of place here, but a few general rules may prove helpful. A as in English ?ah?; e, at the end of a syllable, like a in ?fame,? otherwise like e in ?let?; i like i in ?machine?; o, at the end of a syllable, like o in ?go,? otherwise somewhat like o in ?lot?; u like u in ?rude? (but, unless marked with two dots, silent between g or q and e or i); y like ee in ?feet.? C like k (but, before e and i, like [A]th in ?thin?); ch as in ?child?; g as in ?go? (but, before e and i, like a harsh h); h silent; j like a harsh h; ll like [B]lli in ?million?; ñlike ni in ?onion?; qu like k; r is sounded with a vibration (trill) of the tip of the tongue (rr a longer and more forcible sound of the same kind); s as in ?sun?; x like x in ?box? (but, in ?México? and a few other names, like Spanish j); z like [A] ?thin.? Words bearing no mark of accentuation are stressed on the last syllable if they end in any consonant except n or s, but on the syllable next to the last if they end in n, sor a vowel.