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KOTES ON PRINTING ON 
one, well rinsed under a tap as described before, and put into 
the washing trough. Two hours in running water will be 
enough, provided they are not allowed to adhere to each 
other, and the water has ample play between them. As 
good a way to dry them as any is to hang them up by a 
corner to a cord by means of the ordinary wooden clips sold 
for the purpose, or by pin hooks. When the prints are dry, 
it greatly improves their appearance to press them between 
smooth^ card boards in a letter press, or if that is not avail- 
able, to press them for a couple of houi's in the printing 
frame. They can then be trimmed in the ordinary way with 
a ' eutting-shape ' and sharp penknife on a piece of plate 
glass. Any defects may be touched up with a pencil. 
One of the simplest and most effective washing troughs, 
which may be made by the bazaar tinman, is a circular pan 
16 inches in diameter (or smaller for half plate-prints) ■with 
upright sides 4 inches high. The outlet is from a half-inch 
diameter hole in the side, at bottom, to which is soldered 
a tin pipe, running up outside to within an inch of the brim, 
where it ends in a short spout, so that the pan must be full 
to within an inch of the top, before the flow can commence, 
the water being drawn from the bottom. In fact it is like 
a syphon, only with the long leg cut off a little below the 
bend. 
A hole about three-eig-hth of an inch diameter is made 
anywhere in the side of the pan one inch from the brim 
to admit a tin nozzle, the point of which has an opening 
of about one-sixteenth of an inch ; the lai'ge end being of 
sufficient size to fit tightly into an India rubber tube, the 
other end of which is either attached to a tap, or is made to 
act as a syphon from a tub. The nozzle should enter the pan 
at an oblique angle ; experience will soon show which is the 
best position. The prints will then revolve, allowing the 
flow of water to play freely between them. If any of these 
should catch the projecting nozzle, so much the better, the 
