^58 DRIN KING POOLS, 7. 



beetle, made, at prefent, of thefe dimenfions : 

 tiie head fourteen inches long, and three 

 inches diameter ; the handle four feet long, 

 and fuited in thicknefs to the hand of the 

 workman. Beetles of different fizes have 

 been in ufe in different ftages of the art; 

 but none of them fo well adapted to the 

 operation 3s that in ufe at prefent. 



The fird beating is given with thtfide of 

 the beetle, to level the protuberances, and 

 fmooth the roughneifes, fo as to make the 

 whole into a regular Iheet of an even thick- 

 nefs. 



This effeded, it is beaten forcibly with the 

 eudoiVAQ: beetle, which is flruck down nearly, 

 but not quite, to the lime ; leaving the fur- 

 face full of fomewhat honey-comb-like cells 

 or dints. If the beetle be ftruck unguardedly 

 quite through to the lime, a piece of clay, 

 and a little lime, if required, is carefully 

 placed in the brc:ich, to prevent a defecfl in 

 the part thus injured. 



The whole being gone over in this man- 

 ner with the end, the furface is again levelled 

 down with the fide of the implement j the 

 workman walking backward. 



The 



