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nefs, in order to make ftrokes of different 

 breadths. "When you are fo furniflied, you may 

 begin to work on your copper. 



Of Etching on your varnijhed Plate. 



It ^ill be necefiary, before you begin, to have 

 a piece of very clean, foft, old linen rag, with 

 all the feams and felvages torn off ; this may lie 

 double under the hand you work with, to keep 

 the heat, fweat, or roughnefs of your hand, or 

 nails, from foftening, fcratching, or otherwife 

 injuring the Ground. Then take one of your 

 middle-fized needles, and trace over the out-lines 

 that you have made on the copper, minding to 

 touch ftrong enqugh to cut through your var- 

 nifn. When all your lines are traced, you may 

 wipe the plate with a foft wet fponge, to take 

 off the coloured out-line -, fo fliall you fee what 

 you have traced with your needle more diftinâ;- 

 iy : then fet the print or drawing before you, 

 on a (loping board or defic, and carefully copy 

 it in its leffer lines, by your eye, obferving to 

 touch with a fine pointed needle, and a very 

 light hand, the light parts of the print or draw- 

 ing 



