96 On painting Linen Cloth in Oil Colours . 
latter ship a set of hammock cloths, painted after Mr 
Anderson’s method, appeared fully to answer theendpro- 
posed/ 
P. F. Wyatt, oil and colourman, Portsea, stating that 
he had seen canvass painted after Mr. Anderson’s new' 
method, which, after a trial of sixteen months, remained 
perfectly soft and pliable, the paint by no means crack- 
ing or peeling off, and that the gloss was retained, though 
it had been exposed to all w eathers. He further added, 
that lie had seen the paint prepared by him from old 
painted canvass found unserviceable, and had worked 
and painted therewith; that it was, in his judgment, very 
good, and would answer either on canvass, wood, or 
iron. 
Ns. Biddems, master shipwright, Portsmouth dock* 
yard, stating, that Mr. Anderson had proposed to him to 
obtain, by calcination, from old unserviceable painted 
canvass, the paint which had been laid thereon ; that such 
experiment was made, and four hundred weight of dry 
serviceable paint prepared from one ton of such canvass ; 
that he had seen it when ground in oil and laid on work, 
when it appeared to possess all the properties of good 
paint, and had therefore been recommended by him to 
the Navy Board. 
Sir— In answer to your letter of the 25th. of April, in 
w hich you informed me that the committee were desirous 
that I should furnish them with a sample of canvass 
painted in the old method, and another on my improved 
plan, I trust that I shall be able fully to comply with their 
request. In the first place, I have sent a small sample 
of the residuum of the burnt canvass, fit for grinding in 
oil for paint, also a piece of canvass painted therewith, 
marked No. 1; another piece painted after the old me 
