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The next beating is with the end, but not 

 (quite fo deep as before ; and the roughnelils 

 being again levelled with x\\zfide, it is again 

 worked over with the e/id ; but ftill fiiallower 

 than in the middie beating. 



Thefirft ftrokcs v>'ith the e?:d oi the beetle 

 ought to clofe the bottom of the clav firnil)'- 

 with the lime and the bed on which it is 

 fpread ; — the fecorid ought to unite the 

 middle of the clay with the bottom -, — jnd 

 the lafi to clofe, without a pore, the uppcr 

 partwith the middle ;— and the laft itrokcs 

 with ihQ fJe of the beetle ought to be fufti- 

 ciently forcible to clofe entirely the dimples 

 formed by the lafl-given ftrolies witii the 

 end. 



If thefe feveral beatin2;s be vhoucht infiif- 



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iicient, it is continued to be v/oiked u'iih the 

 end and fide of" the beetle alternately, until' 

 not a flaw can be found ; the entire coat of 

 clay being worked into a lead-like fheer, firm 

 enough to bear a man v.'ir.hout an imprcfTjony 

 and a horfe without injuvy *. 



5. Covering 



* When two coats of clay were in ufe, the upper one 

 '.ra"; laid upon the rough uirface of the hiftcnd-beatin;^ ; 



by 



