502 = REMARKS ON THE ORIGIN 
FIG. 9. 
PINS bf ff f J 4 bh AE 
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Ere I conclude this part of my subject I may 
as well say a few words on the mode in which the 
style has been used, in order to produce the varie- 
ties given in Fig. 4, at No. 2, 3. 
With respect to the manner of producing the 
variety given at No. 2, when the sides of the 
character are curved slightly, as will be seen on 
inspecting the figure alluded to, this was simply 
the result of the style being slightly turned over 
to the right and left side before being lifted or 
raised from the surface of the clay, while, at the 
same time, the style was inclined rather more than 
what had been requisite to the production of the 
simple straight-sided character, No. 1: by this 
most simple action this beautiful variety is pro- 
duced, the very mode just described being such as 
