VI 
PREFACE,’ 
My next work was f o make a press, 
which I constructed on a small scale 
and wrought by means of a screw. 
I then composed a page of my let - 
ter-press , and, although the little ma¬ 
chine did not work exactly to my 
mind, I succeeded in throwing off two 
copies of a manuscript pamphlet, be¬ 
ing a few observations on natural his¬ 
tory, which, by the way, I may ob¬ 
serve, was never intended for Press. 
By this time, I was a little bet¬ 
ter than a mere novice at the arts of 
type-making and printing, and now 
began to be so dissatisfied with the 
uncouth appearance of my letters, on 
the book, when compared with other 
^ ’ 11 ks, that I thought 
