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vvill flick very ftrongly to the tip of the tongue 

 when touched : an over-gummed paper will 

 hardly ftick at all j by which a proper medium 

 may be found, that only Hicks a little to the 

 tongue. It is of fmall import, whether your pa- 

 per be very white, or not \ for provided it be of 

 an even clear grain and furface, a cafl on the 

 yellow or cream will not hurt the drawing when 

 finifhed. If a print that you would colour be 

 on a loofe ungummed paper, it may be prepared 

 for colouring by walhing it over (once or more, 

 as it may require) with a thin pafte made of 

 wheat-flour, boiled in water, and letting it dry 

 on between each wa filing. 



I am far from thinking myfelf properly qua- 

 lified to treat on the arts of defigning and paint- 

 ing j yet it cannot be amifs for any perfon to 

 treat of an art, fo far as it hath fallen within the 

 compafs of his own experience and obfcrvation. 



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