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will let the water pass off, when the frame is raised out of the cistern ; 

 the operator must also have the command of a cistern of clear water, 

 plenty of fire-wood, ashes of oak, (though I fancy other ashes might an- 

 swer as well,) a fire place, however rude, and lastly, quantum sufficitof 

 slips of the inner bark of the paper tree, such as is peeled off the plant by 

 the paper-makers, who commonly use the peelings when fresh from the 

 plant ; but that is not indispensable. With these " appliances and means 

 to boot," suppose you take four seers of ashes of oak, put them into the 

 basket above-mentioned, place the earthen receiver or vessel beneath 

 the basket, and then gradually pour five seers of clear water upon the 

 ashes, and let the water drip slowly through the ashes and fall into the 

 receiver. This juice of ashes must be strong, of a dark bark-like red 

 colour, and in quantity about 2lbs. ; and if the first filtering yield not 

 such a produce, pass the juice through the ashes a second time. Next, 

 pour this extract of ashes into the metal pot already described, and 

 boil the extract ; and so soon as it begins to boil, throw into it as 

 many slips or peelings of the inner bark of the paper plant as you can 

 easily grasp, each slip being about a cubit long, and an inch wide ; (in 

 fact the quantity of the slips of bark should be to the quantity of juice 

 of ashes, such that the former shall float freely in the latter, and that 

 the juice shall not be absorbed and evaporated with less than half an 

 hour's boiling.) Boil the slips for about half an hour, at the expiration 

 of which time, the juice will be nearly absorbed, and the slips quite soft. 

 Then take the softened slips, and put them into the stone mortar, and 

 beat them with the oaken mallet, till they are reduced to a homo- 

 geneous or uniform pulp, like so much dough. Take this pulp, put it 

 into any wide-mouthed vessel, add a little pure water to it, and churn 

 it with a wooden instrument like a chocolate mill, for ten minutes, or 

 until it loses all stringiness, and will spread itself out when shaken 

 about under water. Next, take as much of this prepared pulp as will 

 cover your paper frame, (with a thicker or thinner coat, according to 

 the strength of the paper you need,) toss it into such a sieve as I have 

 described, and lay the sieve upon the paper-frame, and let both sieve 

 and frame float in the cistern : agitate them, and the pulp will spread 

 itself over the sieve ; the grosser and knotty parts of the pulp will 

 remain in the sieve, but all the rest of it will ooze through into the frame. 

 Then put away the sieve, and taking the frame in your left hand, as it 

 floats on the water, shake the water and pulp smartly with your right 

 hand, and the pulp will readily diffuse itself in an uniform manner over 

 the bottom of the frame. When it is thus properly diffused, raise the 

 frame out of the water, easing off the water in such a manner, that the 



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