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on again $ which, when half dry, take the laft men- 
tioned Compofition for your fine Plaiftering \ and when 
it is almoft dry, lay on your Whitening Varnilh ; 
but if your Work fhould be quite dry, then your Chi - 
nam Liquor mult be walhed over the Work with a 
Brulh. 
The bed Sort of Whitening Varnilh is thus made. 
Take one Gallon of ‘toddy , a Pint of Butter-Milk, 
and fo much fine Chinam, or Lime, as fhall be pro- 
per to colour it ; add thereunto fome of the Chinam 
Liquor before mentioned, wafh it gently over there- 
with ; and when it is quite dried in, do the fame 
again. And a Plaifter thus made is more durable than 
fome foft Stone, and holds the Weather better in 
lndia> than any of the Bricks they make there. 
In fome of the fine Chinam that is to endure the 
Weather, and where it is likely to be fubjett to much 
Rain, they put * Gingerly Oil inftead of Ghee ; and 
alfo in fome they boil the Bark of the Mango-Txte, 
and other Barks of aftringent Natures, and ^ 4loes t 
which grow here in great Plenty by the Sea-fhore ; 
but to all of the fine Chinam , that is for outfide Plai- 
ftering, they put Butter-Milk, which is here called 
toyre. And for infide Work they ufe Glue made very 
thin and weak, inftead of Size, for White-walhing ;• 
and fometimes they add a little Gum to it. 
N. B. Whereas fundry Ingredients here mentioned 
are not to be had in England , it may not be amifs to 
fubftitute fomething more plentiful here, which I 
imagine to be of the fame Nature. 
As to all the aftringent Barks, I take Oaken-Bark to 
be as good as any. 
* Oleum S'efami'. 
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