IV 
PREFACE, 
deed I had never been in a Print¬ 
ing Office, nor „seen any other apa- 
ratus of a Printing Press in my life, 
Myiplan being matured, my mind was 
extremely bent upon the execution of 
it| and, having failed in an attempt 
to cast or mould types from tin 9 I re¬ 
solved to heat outp and cut each letter 
separately, which, it may easily be 
conceived, cost me the labour and pa¬ 
tience worthy, at least, of a more 
useful undertaking. 
While some friends admired , others 
denounced 9 my utopian project/’ and 
I myself began to regret having ever 
cherished such an idea:—by a little 
perseverance, however, I at length 
completed the tusk maugre every dis- 
