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arbitraries given in Key for any words of phrases in the above message -- the message then stands as follows

  1             |   2                  |   3          |   4          |   5   

unclear | I | have | the | honor

  to            |  acknowledge  |  the       |  receipt  | of

  lag          |  instructions     |  and      |  key        |  impulse

Gumption  |  Famines         |  with     | Hdqrs     | Algeria

 Job           |  Fuel               | Mutton  | Empty     |  Jendes

The above table is now complete except the last word in 5th column

To fill this column we use the word "Jendes" -- the message is now ready to follow the route given in the table for 5 Columns - This table is the 2nd of the Key -- the word "pleasure" is the indicator of the route of the message and of the number of its lines + columns -- The figures on the upper and lower lines of the table refer to the manner + order in which the message shall be put up -- in the present case the figure 2 is found in the 1st left hand column -- being in the upper line it indicates that the words in the 2nd column shall follow immediately the word "pleasure" being written from the top of the 2d column to the bottom -- a check word is then added -- following the Column of the table from the left to right we next find the figure one