which, plainly, is the conclusion of the word 'degree,' and gives us another letter, d, represented by +.
"Four letters beyond the word 'degree,' we perceive the combination,
;46(;88*.
"Translating the known characters, and representing the unknown by dots, as before, we read thus:
th.rtee.
an arrangement immediately suggestive of the word 'thirteen,' and again furnishing us with two new characters, i and_n_, represented by 6 and *.
"Referring, now, to the beginning of the cryptograph, we find the combination,
53$$+.
"Translating as before, we obtain
good,