PAPYROGRAPHY. 
have never tried it, are little aware of the difficulty of drawing 
backwards — a difficulty which has deterred many artists from the 
pursuit of lithography. The Papyrographic process is entirely free 
from this objection ; for the drawing being made direct on the 
paper, becomes reversed by being transferred to zinc, and the im- 
pressions taken from the latter are consequently direct , as in the 
original. 
“It is thus evident, that Papyrography has great practical ad- 
vantages, from its ease and simplicity, which render it attainable by 
any person who can use a pencil. A traveller who wishes to pre- 
serve for publication the sketches which he may make in foreign 
regions, is enabled, by the mere substitution of lithographic chalk 
for plumbago, to reprint, without further trouble, the actual draw- 
ings made in the field, in all their freshness and originality. I 
may refer, for examples of the Papyrographic art, to the views of 
Rodriguez, Plates III.* and IV.* of the History of the Dodo, by 
Hr. Melville and myself, just published; also to the coloured plate 
of the Dodo, Plate III. of the same work. 
Papyrography seems to be more especially adapted for land- 
scapes and for such other objects as admit of a bold style of draw- 
ing. It is not, however, unsuited to other subjects, and the present 
work contains some examples of its use for the illustration of or- 
nithology. As these are the first experiments of the kind which 
have been made, they must not be severely criticised, but should 
e regarded rather as guides to further improvements than as being 
perfect in themselves. 
The artist, who is disposed to try his hand at Papyrography, 
, en . eaToul give to his drawing the effect of a good litho- 
WpI c !t logiaphic stone, properly prepared, presents a hard 
evel surface, apparently smooth to the touch, but not so smooth as 
elevation °* ^ realIy consists of innumerable small conical 
summitsof J USGd in drawin 2 on the stone touches the 
the ao^resratioT ® CVa !'° ns ’ P rodu cmg on each a small black dot- 
characteriftic lithIgrLhy° tS iTTv ^ c"® ^ "' hiCh 
not of 7 ? ‘ 1 y * ^ ow the surface of paper consists, 
but , of » 
^n examined by a lens 0 ™”°' ’ ^ he " C0 a drawin ? 011 P a P er ’ 
in a lithograph but „f i, 3 “ legate, not of dots, as 
2m 7 P ’ bUt ° f short “regular lines. This discrepancy of 
