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Orthography. Accents over letters are indicative of the proper pronunciation : a & ā have the sounds respectively of the first and second a in Mama : e has the sound of a in pale; i & ī the vowel sounds in bit & feet; υ that in full, ū that in fool & ai that in dry . Marks under letters indicate the Guzerathi letters from which they are derived, the dot anaswar over another letter.
Conventional Signs. Trigonometrical Stations & Points respectively, or Taluka Boundaries, Metalled Roads, Country roads, footpaths, cultivation, Edge of cultivation, Waste, Pahlias or In Memoriam stones. In Villages each block represents 20 houses. In the largest towns the number cannot be thus shown. Relative heights of banks to beds of streams thus 17r. Barometrical heights thus 450 b |