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the eye of the bird. When the whole is dry, 

 drefs the feathers round the out-line that may 

 chance to flare a little, and re6lify what may be 

 mended in any other part ; then lay a flieet of 

 clean paper on it, and on that a heavy book, 

 or fome fuch thing, to prefs it : after which it 

 may be preferved in a frame covered with a 

 glafs. 



I fliall add to this receipt another, that may 

 ferve to decorate the former -, which is a way 

 to take the figures of Butterflies on thin gum'd 

 paper, which may be cut out and ftuck into 

 other piftures by way of embellifliment. 



A RECEIPT 



