In the present instance we
see it doubled no less than five times, although the cryptograph is
brief.
"Let us assume 8, then, as e. Now, of all WORDS in the language,
'the' is most usual; let us see, therefore, whether there are not
repetitions of any three characters, in the same order of
collocation, the last of them being 8. If we discover repetitions
of such letters, so arranged, they will most probably represent the
word 'the.' Upon inspection, we find no less than seven such
arrangements, the characters being ;48. We may, therefore, assume
that ; represents t, 4 represents h, and 8 represents e--the last
being now well confirmed. Thus a great step has been taken.
"But, having established a single word, we are enabled to establish
a vastly important point; that is to say, several commencements and
terminations of other words. Let us refer, for example, to the
last instance but one, in which the combination ;48 occurs--not far
from the end of the cipher. We know that the ; immediately ensuing
is the commencement of a word, and, of the six characters
succeeding this 'the,' we are cognizant of no less than five.
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