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your principal out-lines are drawn, you may 

 touch over fome of the lefs principal lines in 

 order to have as much of the print on the plate 

 as you can. When all is drawn, take off the 

 print, and you will find the colour fticking to 

 your Ground, wherever you have drawn over it 

 with your flick. If you have a curious draw- 

 ing, or print of value to copy, you may rub 

 your colour into another paper, which may be 

 laid on the plate firft, with the coloured fide 

 downwards, and your drawing may be laid on 

 that, and it will do pretty well ; but you will 

 have a better out-line through a fingie paper, 

 than through a double one.^ — When your defign 

 is traced on the plate, you muft be furniflied 

 with tools to etch withaj. 



Needles for Etching. 



Take half a dozen needles, of different fizes, 

 which may be ftuck intp fmall cedar-fticks for 

 handles -, the points may be drove into the 

 fticks, after which you may break off their 

 heads, and grind new points on a hone or oil- 

 ftone : thefe may be of various degrees of fharp- 



nefs. 



