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with the cut Edges, and upon whole Sheets 

 inftead of fingle Leaves ^ juft in the fame 

 manner as the Plate annexed to this Difcourfe 

 is Printed. They begin the Book on the top 

 of the right Hand fide of the Page that is 

 next the right Hand, and they read down- 

 wards to the bottom, then begin the next 

 Line towards the left Hand at the top, and 

 fo read to the bottom, and fo proceed to the 

 end of the Book. But this I fuppofe not to 

 be the the primitive or firft way of Writing 

 or Reading. The Title of the Book is fet 

 ^firft upon a whole Leaf, ufually of a . thicker 

 Paper, and fome Title is likewife Written 

 upon the folding or edge of every Sheets 

 where is fet alfo the Number of the Book, 

 and the Number of the Sheet, half of which 

 appears on one fide, and half on the other 

 fide of the fold. 



As to the Chara^ler it felf, (I find by alL 

 the Books and Writings I have yet met with 

 of that kind) that each of thmismade up 

 of a certain number of Strokes, Lines or 

 Marks, which are very diftind from each 

 other in their fhape and pofition, and by rea- 

 fon that thefe are fingle Srokes, and as I 

 conceive uncompounded, I think they may 

 be called the Letters, Elements or Particles, 

 out of which the more compounded Chara- 

 fters are conftruded or contexed. Thefe are 

 the firft kind of which there are but a very 

 few, and I think thofe I have defcribed 

 in the thirteenth Line of the Plate are 

 all. 



Two, three, four, or more of thefe join- 

 ed together in a certain order and contex- 

 ture 



