\magnification=1200 \hsize=4in \overfullrule=0pt \input amssym %\def\frac#1 #2 {{#1\over #2}} \def\emph#1{{\it #1}} \def\em{\it} \nopagenumbers \noindent % % {\bf Bart De Bruyn} % % \medskip \noindent % % {\bf The Universal Embedding of the Near Polygon ${\Bbb G}_n$} % % \vskip 5mm \noindent % % % % In an earlier paper, we showed that the dual polar space $DH(2n-1,4)$, $n \geq 2$, has a sub near-$2n$-gon ${\Bbb G}_n$ with a large automorphism group. In this paper, we determine the absolutely universal embedding of this near polygon. We show that the generating and embedding ranks of ${\Bbb G}_n$ are equal to ${2n \choose n}$. We also show that the absolutely universal embedding of ${\Bbb G}_n$ is the unique full polarized embedding of this near polygon. \bye .