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INDIAN INK.
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surface, and then place it flat down on the drawing-board,
so that it may be as smooth as he can lay it; still, how-
ever, it is not of material consequence if it should not
be perfectly even, as the wrinkles will stretch out as it
dries. All that now remains to do is to turn back about
an inch of the paper all the way round, which must be
covered with strong stiff paste and then laid down again,
pressing it gently with a clean towel or pocket-handker-
chief till it stick firmly to the board, which must then be
laid flat till dry. Should the paper be wanted imme-
diately, the margin which is pasted down may be dried
by means of a warm iron passed over it a number of
times ; after which, the board may be reared against a
chair at some distance from the fire, taking care not to
leave it too long with one edge downward, as the water
sinking to the lower part would keep it wet while the
upper part drying and stretching would cause it to give
way in those parts which were most wet, and conse-
quently weakest. When the drawing-board consists of
a pannel let into a frame, the pannel must be taken out,
and the paper, which ought to be at least an inch larger,
must be laid flat upon it, after it has been thoroughly
damped as before directed ; the frame must then be
turned down nicely upon it, and the pannel gently
squeezed into it, and fastened by means of the bars be-
hind. When the drawing-board is one of those which
consist of a plank, round the edge of which are a number
of pegs that enter into the frame that is attached to it
by hinges, as I have already described in Lesson X.
and which is adapted for stretching several pieces of
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surface, and then place it flat down on the drawing-board,
so that it may be as smooth as he can lay it; still, how-
ever, it is not of material consequence if it should not
be perfectly even, as the wrinkles will stretch out as it
dries. All that now remains to do is to turn back about
an inch of the paper all the way round, which must be
covered with strong stiff paste and then laid down again,
pressing it gently with a clean towel or pocket-handker-
chief till it stick firmly to the board, which must then be
laid flat till dry. Should the paper be wanted imme-
diately, the margin which is pasted down may be dried
by means of a warm iron passed over it a number of
times ; after which, the board may be reared against a
chair at some distance from the fire, taking care not to
leave it too long with one edge downward, as the water
sinking to the lower part would keep it wet while the
upper part drying and stretching would cause it to give
way in those parts which were most wet, and conse-
quently weakest. When the drawing-board consists of
a pannel let into a frame, the pannel must be taken out,
and the paper, which ought to be at least an inch larger,
must be laid flat upon it, after it has been thoroughly
damped as before directed ; the frame must then be
turned down nicely upon it, and the pannel gently
squeezed into it, and fastened by means of the bars be-
hind. When the drawing-board is one of those which
consist of a plank, round the edge of which are a number
of pegs that enter into the frame that is attached to it
by hinges, as I have already described in Lesson X.
and which is adapted for stretching several pieces of