present position of our grain market.

3. Please forward the enclosed letters to their address.

4. Our risk would be great and therefore we must adhere to our request
of an adequate commission.

5. The average having been adjusted we now hasten to enclose our cheque
for L59 16s. 9d. in settlement of your claim as per statement enclosed.

6. Trusting (en la confianza que) you will be satisfied with (con _or_
de) this result, we are, yours faithfully (somos de Vs. attos. y
S.S.Q.B.S.M.[92]).

7. We have secured room for the remainder of your machinery in the
steamer leaving (que saldra de) our port on the 10th prox.

[Footnote 92: Atentos y seguros servidores (que besan sus manos). The
words in brackets are not used in South America and some Spanish firms
also omit them. Instead of q.b.s.m., Spaniards have lately adopted:
q.e.s.m. (que _estrechan_ sus manos).]

LESSON XII.
(Leccion decima segunda.)

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS.

A demonstrative adjective _accompanies_ a noun and a demonstrative
pronoun _stands for_ a noun.

The =Demonstrative Adjectives= are--

+----------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Este, esta (this). |Estos, estas[93] (these). |
|Ese, esa (that). |Esos, esas_[93]_ (those--near to the |
| | person addressed). |
|Aquel, aquella (that).|Aquellos, aquellas (those--removed |
| | from both speaker and addressee). |
+----------------------+-----------------------------------------+

[Footnote 93: Sometimes "estotro," "estotra," "esotro," "esotra," but
these and other forms are obsolete.]

The difference between _Ese_ and _Aquel_ is not strictly observed.
However, in cases like "this box," "that table," "that cupboard yonder,"
use _ese_ for the nearer of the two removed from the speaker: "Esta
caja," "esa mesa," "aquel armario."

The =Demonstrative Pronouns= are the same as the above, with the
addition of--

Neuter form Esto, eso, aquello[94] (this, that). This has no plural and
is used--

1. In reference to a whole sentence, as--

El mercado del algodon esta muy abatido; esto me desanima: The cotton
market is very flat; this disconcerts me.

2. In reference to something pointed at, without referring to what the
thing is,[95] as--

?Que es eso? What is that? (thing the