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The Enemy to Be Starved into Submission

           WhenIputthemtogetherbytwos,threes,fivesorsixes,nothingcameofitbutnonsense.Tobesurethefourteenth,fifteenthandsixteenthlettersmadetheEnglishword‘ice’;theeighty-thirdandtwofollowingmade‘sir’;andinthemidstofthedocument,inthesecondandthirdlines,Iobservedthewords,"rots,""mutabile,""ira,""net,""atra."

           "Comenow,"Ithought,"thesewordsseemtojustifymyuncle’sviewaboutthelanguageofthedocument.Inthefourthlineappearedtheword"luco",whichmeansasacredwood.Itistruethatinthethirdlinewastheword"tabiled",whichlookedlikeHebrew,andinthelastthepurelyFrenchwords"mer","arc","mere.""

           Allthiswasenoughtodriveapoorfellowcrazy.Fourdifferentlanguagesinthisridiculoussentence!Whatconnectioncouldtherepossiblybebetweensuchwordsasice,sir,anger,cruel,sacredwood,changeable,mother,bow,andsea?Thefirstandthelastmighthavesomethingtodowitheachother;itwasnotatallsurprisingthatinadocumentwritteninIcelandthereshouldbementionofaseaofice;butitwasquiteanotherthingtogettotheendofthiscryptogramwithsosmallaclue.SoIwasstrugglingwithaninsurmountabledifficulty;mybraingotheated,myeyeswateredoverthatsheetofpaper;itshundredandthirty-twolettersseemedtoflutterandflyaroundmelikethosemotesofmingledlightanddarknesswhichfloatintheairaroundtheheadwhenthebloodisrushingupwardswithundueviolence.Iwasapreytoakindofhallucination;Iwasstifling;Iwantedair.UnconsciouslyIfannedmyselfwiththebitofpaper,thebackandfrontofwhichsuccessivelycamebeforemyeyes.Whatwasmysurprisewhen,inoneofthoserapidrevolutions,atthemomentwhenthebackwasturnedtomeIthoughtIcaughtsightoftheLatinwords"craterem,""terrestre,"andothers.

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