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fed to think it might afford a lasting pigment, and instead 

 of spoiling many a highly finished drawing, and operating 

 lo disgrace the artist, Bismuth might be brought to re- 

 cover its own fame in the form of a Carbonate, and be a! 

 lasting memorial of the spirit of the artist's touch j but 

 upon trial I have not found the artificial Carbonate at 

 all equal in lustre to the Oxide. 



