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and of the width required for a drawer or box ; 

 few fine nails, or brads, must be driven througl 

 each piece of cork, to keep it firm and in its place 

 until the glue be dried : by this means, sheets o 

 cork may be formed the size of the drawer. Al 

 the irregularities are filed or rasped down quite to i 

 level surface, and then polished smooth with pumice- 

 ston$. The sheet thus formed and furnished, ii 

 glued into the drawers. To prevent its warping 

 some weights must be equally distributed over tht 

 cork, that it may adhere firmly to the bottom o: 

 the drawer. When quite dry, the weights are re- 

 moved, and the cork covered with fine white paper 

 but not very thick. The paper is allowed to bt 

 quite damp with the paste before it is placed or 

 the cork ; and, when dry, it will become perfectly 

 tight/'* 



* Brown's Taxidermist's Manual, p. 89. 



