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tough waste-paper, used' by manufacturers in the hosiery trade, 

 was procured. This was torn into pieces of various sizes, and 

 taking one — pasted on one side only ^ — sufficient for the purpose, 

 a commencement was made at one end by laying the unpasted 

 side downwards, and working it into the inequalities of the 

 mould by gentle but even pressure with the fingers, the edge 

 of the paper coming over the edge of the mould being pasted 

 down on the flat in order to get a secure attachment. Piece 

 by piece the whole of the inside was covered, each piece coming 

 to the edge being pasted down, and each piece on the whole 

 surface being well pressed down and kneaded, as it were, into 

 every depression and " quirk." For the next layer, paper of 

 a different colour (a light buffy-pink) was chosen, in order to 

 show an even distribution, and these pieces, pasted on both sides, 

 were pressed still more equally into the mould. Next followed 

 a third layer (of the same colour as the first), also pasted on both 

 sides and pressed in with care. The next half-mould was then 

 treated in precisely the same way, followed by the moulds of 

 the four insides of the limbs. All had now received three layers, 

 which had taken two men a day to manage. The next day, 

 the process was repeated up to six thicknesses, and the next 

 day three more, making nine in all. The moulds with the 

 models in them now stood a week, no appliances being avail- 

 able for steaming so large a mass in front of a fire. During 

 this time, a man was employed thinning down the skin and 

 " double-skinning " the lips. At the end of a week, the models 

 being y^j^ damp, were cut around where pasted down at the 

 edges of the moulds, and carefully lifted out, coming away solid, 

 and with every muscle and all the contours beautifully moulded. 

 After being laid out upon racks for two days in a warm room 



1 It was afterwards found that the coating of the mould with a mixture of lard 

 and linseed-oil iij equal parts allowed the pasted side to be placed downwards— a great 

 improvement resulting, — and this method is now always followed. 



