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When the plate is varniflied, and cold, you may 

 try how your Ground bears the needle, by 

 hatching (in a v/afte corner) fome clofe ftrokes 

 two contrary ways over each other ; and if it is 

 of a moderate temperature, fo as neither to flick 

 to the fingers by its foftnefs, or fly from the 

 copper by its brittlenefs, you may venture to 

 beftow fome labour on it, and proceed in your 

 work. — The next thing in order, is to trace your 

 defign on the plate. 



2" ? trace the Out-lines from a Print or Drawing 



on your varnijhed Plate. 



A print that is not of any value, may be 

 rubbed on the wrong fide with red chalky red 

 oaker, Spanifh brown, Indian red, or any other 

 fine fofc colour that will rub dry into the grain 

 of the paper. When you have fo done, lay it 

 on to your plate, and be careful that it doth not 

 flip in the working-, then trace over all the 

 out-lines of your print with a fliick of ivory, 

 having a pretty fmall fmooth point ; for an 

 adlual fliarp point will injure the print, and 

 perhaps raife the varnifli behind it. When 



your 



