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sheet of paper to keep the iron from adhering to 

 the pith, I pressed the two thicknesses of pith 

 firmly together until they were closely united. In 

 about a quarter of an hour, by repeated ironing, 

 I found I had made a piece of light grey material 

 exactly resembling the ancient papyrus which was 



PAPYRUS PAPER. 



my pattern. The sap of the plant appears to 

 possess an adhesive quality, so that no gum is 

 required, the action of heat being sufficient to make 

 the strips unite into a flat even surface, suitable 

 to be written upon with a quill and ordinary 

 ink. 



In olden times the young succulent shoots of 



