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HINTS TO TRAVELLERS, 
scamping the work on it, but not easy to spoil it by overbeating. After 
giving a coat of paste with a brush, it is advisable to work in the paste 
with the fingers, so as to be sure, from the smooth feeling, that it pene¬ 
trates the paper over the whole surface. 
After the first coat of paste has been applied, a good deal of time may 
be saved by employing an assistant to beat out the paper for the further 
thickening of the mould, for when thus beaten out, two or three thick¬ 
nesses of paper can be laid on at the same time. Take about six sheets 
together from the water, fold them, and then double them twice, and 
slightly tear the wet doubled edges, so that when the sheets are laid open 
again there are a number of small slits in the paper; then lay them out 
together on any flat surface, and beat them out with a brush for a few 
