454 ' MIMOIS ON THE 



lour, thick and fmooth, and, above all, free 

 from yellow or grey fpcJts and veins. 



Varnish. 



THE Chinefe varniHi is a compofjlmn of 

 a vifcous liquor cxtradcd- from difierent 

 fhrubs and final 1 reddifh worms, about the 

 fize of the filk-worm. After thefe worms 

 have been boiled ia water, the furface of it 

 appears covered with a kind of oily fub- 

 fiance, which is carefiiily collected, and 

 which immediately fixes and becomes hard ; 

 but it may be foftcned by heat, when it is 

 necefTary to ufc it. This fecond kind of 

 varniOi is much fuperior to the firfl. 



There is, however, a third kind, which 

 is of a flill better quality, and in much 

 greater requeft. It is made of a kind of 

 gum called c/V, which, in fummer, diflils 



