378. Mr. D£ANE's Account of — FAN Norton. 
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» ton, withthe Procefi for preparing the Yállow. for Ufe s. ac- 
cuiii with Specimens... In à Letter from the Reverend 
-SAMUEL DEANE,. Faidate Mr. SAER GANNEDT,, 
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: f flach itid Jis pen a. fofül; cde els of 
Firen mixed with fand and fall. pieces of irons ore, from 
which is. extracted two kinds of fubftances ufeful in, painting,. 
VIZ. yellow and red. 
To make the yellow, the dd is as. follows: They mount: 
à Ri OF vat, on blocks two feet Aigh, and put into it one 
thizd part as. much. of & the earth as will fill it : then. fill it Ups. 
almoft. to. the brim, . with water.. After this, with hoes, they 
| and ftir it about till it is diffolved.and well mixed with 
Sou dl gravel and iron ore, in about. the fpace 
of a minute, will fink to the bottom ; at which time they draw 
of the water, with the pigment floating in it, letting it fall 
throug ish a t ornmón ‘bread-fie leve, into a vat, ‘or tub, ftanding on 
the Mois “When the paint is all funk. to the bottom, the- 
Water is taken off through holes in the fides, and the paint dried : 
well in the« open air and funfhine, on a floor made tight and fur- - 
rounded with a border, to prevent its running off. Being tho-. 
roughly dried, it is fit for grinding by the painter, making a> 
greenifh yellow colour. "And I am told, a little black paint: 
mixed with it, renders it «Bega olive colour, 
The. 
