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to collect the composition or pulp for making an oval 
canoe. He then puts on a flannel or woollen cloth, and 
upon that a board, and then turns the pulp out of the 
sieve upon the flannel and board upon the top of it, and 
presses the same together lightly, to force out part of the 
liquid by which the pulp felt is made. This being be« 
tween the dies or tools of the shape of the articles wanted^ 
is put into a press, in order to render it at once solid, and 
of the required shape. It is now to be put into a stove or 
Qven of a proper degree of heat, where it is kept till it is 
nearly, but not entirely dry, and then it is to be taken out 
of the oven, put between the dies and pressed violently, 
so as to set it and make it smooth. After this it is put 
into the oven again till it is perfectly dried ; but great caii^ 
tion must be used to prevent it from warping ; this is 
effected by means of a frame, made in the form of the in- 
side of the articles, and weights to keep it in its proper 
form. It may next, if necessary, be hammered over to 
make it smooth and flat, and then being perfectly dry, it 
is to be dipped in the Japan liquid, and there suffered to 
remain till the said liquid has perfectly penetrated it, when 
it is to be dried and varnished* The dies may be made 
of iron, or any other metal, or hard substance. 
REMARKS BY THE EDITOR, 
The preceding series of papers on isinglass, glue, rope 
making, and tea trays, suggest methods of saving scraps 
and fragments that would otherwise be thrown away as 
useless. The parings of leather might be further applied^ 
as in England, to the making of snuff* boxes, pocket ink- 
stands, segar boxesj &c. The articles are reduced to shav- 
ings, macerated in warm water, and pressed in moulds 
of the required shape and sijze. They are then dried and 
varnished, the black with black japan^ the brown with 
amber varnisn. 
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