f22 O71 finishing the Inside of East Indian Palaces, 



thoroughly united, which requires the labour of two persons 

 for a whole day. The mass is then cut into small cakes, 

 and dried in the shade. These cakes can, at any timt.', be 

 dissolved in water, and spread thin with a hair brush on 

 common writing paper. The paper (when dry) must be 

 put on a smooth plank, and rubbed with a polished stone 

 till it acquire a complete metallic lustre. The edges of' th« 

 paper are then pasted down on the board, and the metallic 

 surface is rubbed with the palm of the hand, which is 

 smeared with an oil called giirnUy and then exposed to the 

 sun. On the two following days the same operation is re- 

 peated ; when the paper acquires a metallic yellow colour, 

 which, however, more resembles the hue of brass than 

 that of gold. 



Tht gurna o\\ is prepared as follows: — Take three quar- 

 ters of a maund (about 18 lib.) of linseed oil, half a maund 

 (12 lib.) of the size called cfmnderasny and a quarter of a 

 maund (6 lib.) oimusamhra, or aloes prepared in the country. 

 Boil the oil for two hours in a brass pot. Bruise the mit- 

 sambra'y and, having put it into the oil, boil them for four 

 hours more. Another pot having been made red-hot, the 

 cfmnderasu is to be put into it, and will immediately melt. 

 Take a third pot, and, having tied a cloth over its mouth, 

 strain into it the oil an.l musambra : these must be kept in 

 H gentle heat, and the chunderasu added to them gradually. 

 The oil must be strained again ; and it is then fit for use. 



The chunderam is prepared from the milky juice of any of 

 the following trees : ( flcus glomerata Roxb.), goni^ (a tree 

 \\\\\q\\ \ c->x\\ ficus gonki) , Bayla, Bayvina, Gabali, &c. It 

 is therefore an elastic gum. 



The oil used for painting consists of two parts of linseed, 

 and one part of chunderasu. 



In white-washing their walls, over the chunam, or lime 

 plaster, the workmen of Seringapatam first give a thin coat 

 of S7iday, or fine clay ; which is mixed with size, and put 

 on with a hair brush. They next give a coat of whitening, 

 made of powdere'd lalapum or pot-stone ; and then finish 

 -with a coat composed of eight parts of ahracum, of mica, 

 oae part of powdered lalapum, and one of size. 



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