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\ All Charters whatever muft be made up of thefc, 
and from their Compofition, which introduces Am- 
biguity of Signification, arifes the Difficulty of read- 
ing a Short Hand, which ufes the limple Characters 
for fome Letters, and compound Characters for other 
Letters; or, which is as bad, for Words. 
This Difficulty, being unavoidable in a Short 
Hand of more than eight Letters, making it appear 
that 8 was the Number of Letters a fhort Hand 
ought not to exceed, 1 confidered it in the follow- 
ing Light. , 
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1. If a, e , h o , and the Afpirate b, be fupprefsM, 
there wi.ll be 19 Letters only remaining to be 
reprefented by 8 Marks. 
2 . If csx Zf which have a Sound much alike, be 
reprefented by one Character, there will remain 
iy Letters to be reprefented by the other jr 
Marks. 
3. If cgkqi which have a Sound not very different,, 
be reprefented by one Character, there will re- 
main 12 Letters to be reprefented by 6 Marks. 
4.. If bpf be reprefented by one Mark, there will 
remain 9 Letters to be reprefented by 5 Marks. 
f. If d’t be reprefented by one Matky'only 7 'Let- 
ters remain to be reprefented by 4 Marks. 
6. If Ir be reprefented by one! Mark,' only' £ Lct-' x 
ters remain to be reprefented by 3 Marks, 
7 . If m, ’>/, i ^re -rcprefdnted by on e Mark ; on hr 3 
l Letters remain to be reprefented’ by-'i 1 Marks.' , 0 
8. If u,Wj are reprefented by one Mark, there* 'wilt* 
remain one Mark to reprefent/ the only Letter 
hitherto unmentioned. 
Wmmg 
