communicate his sentiments intelligibly at any distance, where squares could be distinguished from circles, in open daylight, and in the face of the world, no person unacquainted with the secret could, by any possibility, discover what it meant. Our traditions affirm that although this mysterious mode of communication has been used by Freemasons from time immemorial, no step was ever taken to enlighten the public or instruct mankind in its true principles till the close of the eighteenth century, when the first telegraph was constructed by M. Chappe; and it has been recently extended so effectually as to convey intelligence with the speed of lightning from one country to another although thousands of miles asunder. And hence it is an incontrovertible fact that the world is indebted to the Freemasons for the first idea of a telegraph; which constitutes one, and that no insignificant item of our glory and celebrity; for we have thus contributed to the advancement of science and the permanent benefit of every people on the face of the earth.

THE

PART V.

TRACING

BOARD.

TRIAD CHARACTERISTICS.

ORNAMENTS.

- FURNITURE. - JEWELS.

-POINTS.-PILLARS.-LUMINARIES.

All hypocrisy Sincerity and and render us

"TRUTH is the foundation of all Masonic virtues; it is one of our grand principles; for to be good men and true is a part of the first great lesson we are taught; and at the commencement of our freedom we are exhorted to be fervent and zealous in the pursuit of truth and goodness. It is not sufficient that we walk in the light, unless we do so in the truth also. and deceit must be banished from among us. plain dealing complete the harmony of a Lodge, acceptable in the sight of Him unto whom 'all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid.' There is a charm in truth that draws and attracts the mind continually towards it. The more we discover, the more we desire; and the great reward is wisdom, virtue, and happiness. This is an edifice founded on a rock, which malice cannot shake or time destroy."-DUNCKERLEY.

LECTURE XXVIII.

THE ORNAMENTS.

"The ornaments of a Lodge are the Mosaic pavement, indented tassel, and the blazing star. The Mosaic pavement is a representation of the ground-floor of King Solomon's Temple; the indented tassel, of that beautifully tesselated border or skirting which surrounded it; and the blazing star in the centre is commemorative of that star which appeared to guide the wise men of the East to the place of our Saviour's nativity."-THE CRAFTSMAN, U.S.

"May the prospect of riches never have such an effect upon a Mason as to induce him to do anything which is repugnant to truth and virtue."-SECTIONAL CHARGE.

THE beautiful adjuncts to a Mason's Lodge, which are technically termed ornaments, being trinally classed with its furniture and jewels, form a triad of Landmarks which includes the whole of its interior contents; and each of them is furnished with a triad of its own, the latter being doubled; and therefore we have before us a quaternity of triads, which will illustrate the transactions of the Lodge in a manner that cannot fail to prove both pleasing and satisfactory to every good and worthy Brother.