14

24

an odd number of cuts and there join it to another,
to get rid of an oddly enclosed
replica, and to erase an evenly enclosed
replica of the same graph. Of course, this operation is irreversible.

Secondly, when all possible combinations of
conjunctions of applicable pairs have been
made, the second part of the rule is to be
applied, all spots not conjoined by all their
corresponding hooks being treated as replicas
of different lexeis and all spots that are so
conjoined being treated as replicas of the same
lexis, and no further attention being paid to
the ligatures during the process.

The process will be found to be simpler
in practice than it sounds in an abstract