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A in very like thu j.rint. <1 A, with a loop or 

 :i across tbo mi. I'll. , tint hair-troke generally begin* 

 with .L lull i>omt, iin-1 tin- bluok-Htroku tupi-nn.' (mm 

 tTiiiin;it.--t wiili a Imir-Hiroke like a I ., r with u 



ii terminates in a straight stroke, as it docs 

 M printed forms (A). 



B consists of the lettor I without ita head, and a 

 ; Mark-stroke to the right with a lo<>j> in tin- mul<l 

 I. -ft ; this curved black-Mtroko commences with a curved hair- 

 stroke on tho left of thu middle stroke, ami terminates with th<- 

 same on tho ri^'ht of it, close to the bottom of tin- middlu Btroko. 

 Tin- l.-tt. r C in composed of a tapering black-stroke, beginning 

 with a loop in hair-stroko, and ending with a Boroll. 



!!: l.-tt. T D in composed of tho letter I without ita head, 

 with th.- h:iir-stroke ending in a loop to tho loft at bottom, but 

 carried round the top and mado to terminate in a scroll. 



i It. r E commences with a scroll, which merges into a 



wn-. stroke after being carried to the left. Tho stroke 



which has been gradually narrowed to a hair-lino is now carried 



to the left and brought over the lower part of the down-etrofc* 

 .red line toward* the right. 



Tho lettor M U like two A - joined together ; but the middle 

 down-ntroke it generally made to taper gently to a sharp point 

 at the bottom. 



The letter Hf is anomalous; the middle ie a blaok-etroke, 

 tapering at both end. ; it U joined at top by a hair-etroke like 

 the hair-stroke of the letter A, and at bottom by a hair-stroke 

 running up into a cunre. 



The letter O w like the small o, only it U left open at the 

 top, and generally turned round in a loop at the end of the 

 hair-stroke. 



The letter P is like the letter B, wanting the latter part of 

 the curved black-stroke from the loop downwards. 



The lettor Q is a curved tapering black-stroke, eommencanf 

 at tho top with a scroll, and ending in a loop to the left, of 

 which the hair-stroke is carried across the black-stroke at the 

 bottom in a waving curve. 



The letter B is like the letter B, with this difference, the 





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towards the right and looped, after which it is carried to the 

 left again, deepened into a thick-stroke, and finally turned, as 

 the letter was commenced, in a scroll. 



The letter P is composed of the letter I with its head formed 

 in a scroll and loop to the right at the top ; it is also marked 

 with a hair-stroke across the middle of the black-stroke, and 

 terminating also in a small loop. 



The letter G- consists of a tapering black-stroke curved to the 

 left, beginning in a loop at top, and ending in a hair-stroke, to 

 which is attached a black-stroke like the letter j among the 

 small letters. 



The letter H is composed of tho letters I and C joined to- 

 gether by a hair-stroke in tho middle. 



Tho letters I and J have been described. The letter K i 

 like the letter H, with this difference, that the black-stroke of 

 tho C part has a small loop in tho middle to the left ; the first 

 or I part is sometimes a mere black-stroke, tapering from top 

 to bottom. 



The lettor TJ ia commenced with a loop in hair-stroko. Tho 

 fine line with which tho letter is commenced is turned to tho 

 right, and brought downwards in a thick down-stroke. This 

 down-stroke is again narrowed to a hair-stroke, which ia looped 



latter part of the curved and looped black-stroke is turned to the 

 right with a scroll. 



The letter 8 is the body of tho letter I, with a hair-stroke 

 loop to the right, at the top. 



The letter T is like the letter I with a larger head, nude 

 exactly like the head of the letter F. 



Th. 'otter U is a tapering black-stroke, commencing with a 

 scroll, and ending in a hair-stroke, to which is attached the body 

 of the letter C, with or without the head. 



The letter V is like the first part of the letter U, but the 

 hair-stroke terminates in a small loop at the top. 



Tho letter W is like the letter M inverted ; or rather, it 

 consists of two tapering black-struV".^. joined by a hair-stroke, 

 and commencing and ending w'-. jivcuuarly curved hair-strokee. 

 Originally the letter W was just bee TWO V's pat together, 

 and frequently this letter is still made like the latter half of 

 the letter W. 



The letter X is formed very like the small X, only that it 

 begins and ends with a scroll. 



The letter Y is like the letter TJ, with the eeoond black- 

 stroke drawn below tho line and terminated ia a hair-stroke loop. 



Tho letter Z is like the same letter in ike aaiall alphabet, bat 



