There is nothing very peculiar in the _physique_ of this letter. The
hand-writing is bold, large, sprawling, and irregular. It is rather
rotund than angular, and is by no means illegible. One would suppose
it written in a violent hurry. The t's are crossed with a sweeping
scratch of the pen, giving the whole letter an odd appearance if held
upside-down, or in any position other than the proper one. The whole
air of the letter is _dictatorial_. The paper is of good but not
superior quality. The seal is of brown wax mingled with gold, and
bears a Latin motto, of which only the words _trans_ and _mortuus_ are
legible.