204 METHOD OF COLLECTING, &c. 
and of the width required for a drawer or box ; a 
few fine nails, or brads, must be driven through 
each piece of cork, to keep it firm and in its place, 
until the glue be dried: by this means, sheets of 
cork may be formed the size of the drawer. All 
the irregularities are filed or rasped down quite to a 
level surface, and then polished smooth with pumice- 
stone. The sheet thus formed and furnished, is 
glued into the drawers. To prevent its warping, 
some weights must be equally distributed over the 
cork, that it may adhere firmly to the bottom of 
the drawer. When quite dry, the weights are re- 
moved, and the cork covered with fine white paper, 
but not very thick. The paper is allowed to be 
quite damp with the paste before it is placed on 
the cork ; and, when dry, it will become perfectly 
tight.” * J 
* Brown's Tavidermist’s Manual, p. 89. 
