to thofe that work the Lacker'd Ware, and fometimes 
to thofe that only pafs by the Shops and look on them at 
Work, is from the Lack, and not the Varnifl^ ; which 
Lack is the Sap or Juice of a Tree which runs oijt (low- 
ly by cutting the Tree, and is catch'd by Pots faftned 
to the Tree; 'tis of the Colour and Subftance of Cream, 
the Top, that is expofed to the Air, immediately turns 
Black, and the Way that they make it Black and fic for 
Ufe, is to put a (mall Quantity in a Bowl, and ftir it 
continually with a piece or Tmooth Iron for Twenty-four 
or Thirty Hours, which will both thicken it and make it 
I black,- to which they put a Quantity of very fine Pow* 
der of any fort of burnt Boughs, and mix it very well 
together, and then with a Brufli lay it fmooth on any 
thing they defign to Lack, then let it dry very well in 
the Sun, which will be harder than the Board it is laid on | 
when *tis throughly dry you muft rub it with a fmooth 
Stone and Water till it is as fmooth as Glafs, and on 
that lay your Varnifli made of Turpentine and Oyl boil'd 
to a due Confiftance, for Black Lack : but if you would 
have Red, or any other coloured Lack, you muft mix 
your Colour in fine Powder with your Varnifli, and take 
care to lay your Varnifli on as fmooth as poffible you 
can, for therein lies the Art of Lacking well. If you 
would print in Gold or Silver, &c, you muft with a fine 
Pencil dip'd in the faid Varnifh, draw v;hat FlowerSjBirds, 
&c. you pleafe, and let it lye till it begins to be dry - 
then lay on your Leaf«Goid, or Silver, or Pio^Duft, 
It is v/ell known that there is amongft the Br amines a 
Language called, the Sanjcreet^ writ in a different Cha- 
racter from that now in Ufe ; in which Language are 
written the Porane^ or Sacred Hiftory. The Shaflram 
being to them what the Bible is to Chriftians ; and the 
Four Beads (whereof One is loft) containing their Divi- 
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