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The following Certificates were received from Lieut. Certificates, 

 Glanville, R IV.; Lieut. Tayler, R. N. ; Mrs. Spratt, of 

 Burlington-HoDse; and Miss Taylers, daughters of the 

 mayor of Devizes. 



I do hereby certify, that being at Ryde in the Isle of 

 Wight in the summer of the year 1806, I frequently con- 

 versed with Lieut. Spratt, by means of the homograph in- 

 vented by him ; and previous to the battle of Trafalgar, 

 Lieut. Spratt conversed in this way with many officers at 

 Gibraltar. I also certify, that I have heard from officers of 

 the Brest, Cadiz, and Mediterranean fleets, that Lieut. 

 Spratt was the inventor, and the first person who made use 

 of such iavention. Given under my hand thi* 10th day of 

 Jan. 1809. 



J. N. TAYLER, 

 Lieut, of his Majesty's ship Spencer. 



We the undersigned do hereby certify, that being at Rydo 

 in the Isle of Wight in the summer of the year 1806, we 

 did frequently see Lieut. Spratt of tlie Royal Navy con- 

 versing from the shore, by means of the homograph invented 

 by him, with Lieut. J. N. Tajler, then on board his Ma- 

 jesty's ship the Leopard, lying at Spithead. Ann Tayler 

 further saith, that she wifh many others saw it used with 

 great success at Teignmouth. 



Witness our hands, Feb. 2d, 1809; 



Mary Tayler, 



A.VN Tayler, 



Margaret Spratt. 



Li, X,J\JU. 



I Devizes, 



r Wilts. 



This is to certify, that I, George Glanville, Lieut, of 

 the Royal Navy, saw Lieut. Spratt, then master's mate of 

 the Defiance, conversing by means of a homograph from" 

 the ship Defiance, with Lieut. Nicholas on board the Malta, 

 six or eight months previous to the Trafalgar action, and 

 that they seemed perfectly to understand each other by the 

 signals given. 



Witness my hand this 30th day of May, 1809, 



GEORGE GLA.NVJLLE, Lieut. R. N. 



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