WITH NOTES. 3 ( J1 



their fecrets 5 from any but whom 

 they pleafe. 



5 secrets private. 



\_Seals private and particular to each owner. ] The 

 present is one of those articles of a nature already 

 noticed in the introduction, which can scarcely be 

 classed as an independent invention ; it is in fact little, 

 if any, more than some intricate application of the 

 foregoing, a mere step beyond the more obvious 

 employment of such seals. We may consider the first 

 as the instrument, and No. 2 as an ingenious table, by 

 the aid of which to construct alphabets, words, or 

 sentences. 



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A Cypher and Character so con 

 trived, that one line, without returns 

 and 6 circumflexes, Hands for each and 

 every of the 24. Letters ; and as 

 ready to be made for the one letter 

 as the other. 



6 or for and. 



[An one-line Cypher.~\ A line to be continuous, and 

 yet capable of signifying a series of letters, must be 

 curved. A method of performing this occurred to the 

 author some years ago, which affords a very simple key, 

 being composed from the Circle and the Ellipsis, and 

 can be, therefore, very readily kept in mind. The 

 first affords only one figure, the second can be varied 

 to one vertical and two inclined figures, and all can 

 be again varied as to size, but for convenience only 

 three gradations are recommended, as four or more 

 would increase the difficulty of writing accurately. 



