text_original: He had served his mate with her dinner, and perhaps he had yet to bring on the dessert. Whether or not, he rose immediately afterwards into the air, with the same clangorous clapping of his wings; but this time the noise was accompanied by the clattering of his horny mandibles, like a pair of castanets, causing a sound not only singular, but, if heard by strangers, calculated to beget within them a considerable feeling of alarm. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. A F
text_transcription: HE HAD SERVED HIS MATE WITH HER DINNER AND PERHAPS HE HAD YET TO BRING ON THE DESSERT WHETHER OR NOT HE ROSE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS INTO THE AIR WITH THE SAME CLANGOROUS CLAPPING OF HIS WINGS BUT THIS TIME THE NOISE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE CLATTERING OF HIS HORNY MANDIBLES LIKE A PAIR OF CASTANETS CAUSING A SOUND NOT ONLY SINGULAR BUT IF HEARD BY STRANGERS CALCULATED TO BEGET WITHIN THEM A CONSIDERABLE FEELING OF ALARM AND OF CHAPTER FIFTEEN
phonemes: hiː hæd sˈɜːvd hɪz mˈeɪt wɪð hɜː dˈɪnɚ, ænd pɚhˈæps hiː hæd jˈɛt tə bɹˈɪŋ ɔnðə dɪzˈɜːt. wˈɛðɚɹ ɔːɹ nˈɑːt, hiː ɹˈoʊz ɪmˈiːdɪətli ˈæftɚwɚdz ˌɪntʊ ðɪ ˈɛɹ, wɪððə sˈeɪm klˈæŋɡɚɹəs klˈæpɪŋ ʌv hɪz wˈɪŋz; bˌʌt ðɪs tˈaɪm ðə nˈɔɪz wʌz ɐkˈʌmpənid baɪ ðə klˈæɾɚɹɪŋ ʌv hɪz hˈɔːɹni mˈændᵻbəlz, lˈaɪk ɐ pˈɛɹ ʌv kˈæstɐnˌɛts, kˈɔːzɪŋ ɐ sˈaʊnd nˌɑːt ˈoʊnli sˈɪŋɡjʊlɚ, bˌʌt, ɪf hˈɜːd baɪ stɹˈeɪndʒɚz, kˈælkjʊlˌeɪɾᵻd tə bᵻɡˈɛt wɪðˌɪn ðˌɛm ɐ kənsˈɪdɚɹəbəl fˈiːlɪŋ ʌv ɐlˈɑːɹm. tʃˈæptɚ sˈɪkstiːn. ɐ ˈɛf