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tile, and take some on your dabber. Laying the dried 

 leaf flat upon a table, dab it very gently with the 

 oil colour, till the veins of the leaf are covered ; 

 but you must be careful not to dab it so hard as to 

 force the colour between the veins. Moisten a 

 piece of paper, or rather have a piece laying 

 between several sheets of moistened paper for 

 several hours, and lay this over the leaf which has 

 been blackened. Press it gently down, and then 

 subject it to the action of a press, or lay a heavy 

 weight on it, and press it down very hard. By 

 this means you obtain a very beautiful impression 

 of the leaf and all the veins ; even the minutest 

 will be represented in a more perfect manner than 

 they could be drawn with the greatest care. These 

 impressions may also be coloured in the same 

 manner as prints. 



A Method of making Pictures of Birds, by 

 means of their own Feathers. 



Get a thin board or pannel of deal, or wainscot, 

 well seasoned, that it may not warp. Paste white 

 paper over it, and let it dry. Take any bird that 

 you would wish to represent, and draw its outline 

 on the paper, in the attitude you desire, and of the 

 full size, adding what landscape, back ground, &c. 

 you wish. This outline, so drawn, is afterwards 

 to be filled up with the feathers from the bird, 

 placing each feather in that part of the drawing 

 corresponding to the part of the bird it was taken 

 from. 



To do this, cover the representation with several 

 coats of strong gum water, letting it diy between 

 each coat, till it is of the thickness of a shilling. 



