OF THE ARROW-HEADED CHARACTER. 487 
It will be observed, that these peculiarly striking 
alphabetic characters, are all composed of cer- 
tain combinations and arrangements of one simple 
elementary form (as represented at figure 2) 
which from a certain similarity or resemblance 
has been termed the arrow-headed character. 
FIG. Il. 
U 
Y 
WM? 
4 
Od dae 
We 
WWW LLL) 
vy 
Lyle 
Jolly! 
WV. MN / 
! / 
fund 
Simple as this elementary character is, it will 
easily be perceived that it is admirably adapted 
for the purposes to which it was applied, namely, 
the formation of an alphabet; in as much as it is 
a form at once striking and peculiar in its appear- 
ance, and, as will be shortly explained, admitting 
of a remarkable facility of production—and above 
all, capable of being united and so arranged as 
to admit of an infinite variety of combinations, as 
