let them prepare additional examples for that “practice,” which (as Parker’s “Glossary of Heraldry” says, p. 60) “alone will make perfect,” by writing down correct descriptions of heraldic compositions from the compositions themselves; after which process they may advantageously reverse the order of their study, and make drawings of these same (or, if they prefer it, of some other) heraldic compositions from their own written descriptions of them. When any heraldic description of a figure, device, or composition has been completed, a statement is made to signify the person, family, community, or realm whose armorial ensign it may be. This is done by simply writing the appropriate name, after the last word of the description; or, by prefixing the word “for” before the name when it is placed in the same position. Thus, a description of the three lions of England is to be followed by the word--“ENGLAND”; or, by the formula--“for ENGLAND.” If preferred, with equal consistency the arrangement may be reversed, and the Name, with or without the prefix “for,” may precede the description: thus--“ENGLAND,” or “For ENGLAND,” three lions, &c. It is to be borne in remembrance, that armorial ensigns are personal inheritances, and--with the exception of Sovereign Princes--by comparison but very rarely relate to _Titles_ and _Dignities_. BLAZON, BLAZONING, BLAZONRY.--When a knight entered the lists at a tournament, his presence was announced by sound of trumpet or horn, after which the officers of arms, the official Heralds, declared his armorial insignia--they “blazoned” his Arms. This term, “to blazon,” derived from the German word “_blasen_,” signifying “to blow a blast on a horn” (or, as one eminent German Herald prefers, from the old German word “_blaze_” or “_blasse_,” “a mark” or “sign”), in Heraldry really denotes either to _describe_ any armorial figure, device, or composition in correct heraldic language; or to _represent_ such figure, device, or composition accurately in form, position, arrangement, and colouring. But, as a matter of practical usage, pictorial representation is usually allied to the word “emblazon.” The word “blazon” also, as a noun, may be employed with a general and comprehensive signification to denote “Heraldry.”