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processes of printing. On this account, its advan- 

 tages were not well comprehended, it being difficult 

 to institute a just comparison between this and the 

 other species of engraving, which are in this coun- 

 try carried to such a high degree of perfection. It 

 is now, however, rapidly improving, since artists 

 have been induced to take it up, and we shall 

 probably soon' equal, if not surpass, our continental 

 neighbours. 



