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I'liatures, becaufe they lead to that loofe and incor- 
rc6t method, which, inftead of pictures, produces 
mere caricatures of Nature. Red lead and Indian 
ink would form more handing colours for iketching 
profiles, in a pretty dark apartment, with a fmall 
liffht received from a hole of one foot diameter 
above the head to be drawn, and placed fidew'ays. 
A fky-light, falling perpendicular, might anfwer 
better for fiat or delicate vifages, but not for thofe 
with fuch ftrong mufcles as would baffle the im- 
prefiion of a fliadow in that w^ay. 
A camera ohfcura might be adapted to the 
other method pointed out, by which the' object 
would be diminifiied three-fourths of its fize ^ and 
if the defign could not be fo compleated, on ac- 
count of the motion, it would ferve to produce a 
juft Iketch of the outlines/ 
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