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base ? or is a mass of clay sufficient for the whole vase taken 
at once and moulded ? 8. What are the most common forms 
of vessels ? Give drawings. 9. What are the tools used in 
fashioning the vessels ? 10 Are there any scorings or im¬ 
pressed ornaments? and of what patterns ? 11. How is the 
pottery burnt? 12. If in holes in the ground, is the smoke 
allowed to permeate the ware ? 13. Is any kind of painting 
employed? and what are the pigments ? 14. Is any painted 
decoration applied before the pottery is burnt ? if so ascer¬ 
tain the nature of the pigment, and obtain specimens. 15. Is 
any kind of glaze, either of lead or salt, in use, or any 
varnish ? and of what is the latter composed ? 16. Is any 
porous pottery made to serve as cooling vessels ? 17. Are 
any figures of men or animals made of clay ? and how are 
they fashioned ? 18. Is the making of pottery the work of 
any particular class or sex ? or does each family prepare its 
own vessels ? 19. Is the pottery exported to any other tribes ? 
20. Are different qualities used for different purposes ? 
21. Are earthen vessels made especially for funereal pur¬ 
poses ? and if so, are they of different materials from those 
in ordinary use ? 22. Is broken pottery buried in graves or 
beneath landmarks ? 23. What substitutes for pottery are 
used, such as gourds, shells, &c. ? and have they given the form 
to any of the earthen vessels ? 24. Are there any traditions as 
to the introduction of pottery making ? and what are they ? 
25. Is congealed blood formed into drinking-vessels ? and by 
what process ? 
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No. XII.—DYEING, &e. 
The use of colour for ornamental purposes is almost uni¬ 
versal throughout the world, but the number of colours, their 
nature, and the purposes for which they are applied vary 
greatly in different countries. There are, broadly speaking, 
two distinct methods by which colour is applied :—(A) dye¬ 
ing, when the colouring-matter is used in a state of solution. 
