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Show ii,. i,..i- or i,ii,eM k.ii. Tlien. Is lul'hlna not only an Intl. mat moclatlt.ii Istwis'ii ititido and aK'tlca! Sasvh, but nlilatwu lillldo and skic1i gincmlly. Tho Chlueso b. lug n moninyllablo language, It d-la'iuls d-la'iuls to iv gn'iit cvtent uis.n iiiti"le.it Intonation to convey meaning. If )ou listen to tho comcrsnllon of )our Chines Chi-nes lauiidrmcu you will X-oicr that their onlltmry speech Is almost iw mu.1. cal as tin. nTllatlvo u-cco of the Italian oponu Many words hi tho Chlncso laiiguag toko from thnai tnslt dillcnnt lueau-lugs, lueau-lugs, ni-vonllng to lutoiiilloii. Theso Intonations. u. Dr. H. Wells Williams fonlbly urges, hnn "iiolhliigtuilurl' ther with uctvnts or cuipliosls." They am dl.tliicliy musical, nud It Is iinieU tola, n-gn.tt.slth.it Dr. Williams win unable, forol.t Ions want of thn uuo,i-at talent, to study them fn.ni n musical Hut of view, as It l idl but Iiiikt,H,I,i to ooncy n clear uiulerstiiiidliig ot their natim. by description. Then, seem lu la. many variations, but gcii'-mlly thero un. four of thesn tu. touatli.ns, or slilng, iiunual mid dcltne.1 at followai 1, ping slilng, or "even torn.;" If, sluing shing, or "rising ton" n, l.'iu shlug, or "dii-llnltig tone," mid 4, Juii shing, or "entering ton II, 1L Kn-hhlel In Century, |