Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo

Hunter, William Wilson · 1900

The orthography of proper names follows the system adopted by the Indian Government for the _Imperial Gazetteer of India_. That system, while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places, such as Punjab, Lucknow, &c., employs in all other cases the vowels with the following uniform sounds:-- _a_, as in wom_a_n: _á_, as in f_a_ther: _i_, as in pol_i_ce: _í_, as in intr_i_gue: _o_, as in c_o_ld: _u_, as in b_u_ll: _ú_, as in s_u_re: _e_, as in gr_e_y.…

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