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letters of the vocabulary, and their obfcurations denote the 

 letters which occupy thefe places ; thus one obfcuration fignifiea 

 A, two B, three C, (Sec. 



. Suppoii', it were required to communicate the word " vidlory," 

 the three lights are to be exhibited from the firft ftation ; and. 

 when the fame appearance is feen from the next ftation, the vo- 

 cabulary is to be fearchcd for the fign of that word, which we 

 will fuppofe to be K B J ; then the firft light is to be obfcured 

 ten times, the fecond light twice, the third once, and then all 

 may be concealed together to ftiow that the word is complete. 

 Thefe fignals fliould be obferved by two perfons at leaft from 

 the next ftation, and if the refult of their obfervations fliould 

 vary and occafion doubt, the fecond ftation may exhibit' two 

 lights only, which fignal requires a repetition of the laft word ; 

 but if there be no difagrecment among the obfervers, the fecond 

 ftation proceeds to tranfmit the fame fignals which it received 

 to the third ftation ; and in the fame manner they are commu- 

 nicated through all the intermediate pofts, until they arrive at 

 the end of the line, where the obferver examines the figns or 

 fymbols in his vocabulary for the letters K B J, (which may be 

 eafily found if arranged in alphabetical order) and there finds 

 the word " vi6lory" annexed to it. When the communications 

 are to be forwarded by day, flags or any other objedl vifible by 

 day may be ufed, and their elevations and deprefllons may be 



fubftituted 



