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Show 10 washed stock was then thrown into the water held in the dipping-vat an given a most vigorous stimi ing which separated the fibres and caused the 10 be suspended individually in the water. Photograph 79. The materia ywas then ready for the vatman, who squatted upon the ground and dippe the mould in the usual manner, photograph 80, couching the sheets upo a board spread with rimmed banana leaves. After a number of quires ha been made into a pile, phowgmph 81, every two o three quires separate by dry sheets of paper, the pile was covered with a plank and given a sligh pressing by men s(andmg ‘upon the compactmass. The moist sheets, one b one, were: \h arclu]lyrcmovcd fmm the pileand brushed against a smoot mtal plate for crying. Photographs a6,2 and 83. The use of metal wa completed and pho(ogr\phs made, the papermakers presented to me all o the appliances they ha use cight artisans were suitably rewarde for their trouble, and. dcpancd for their homes several miles distant. Pape specimens Nos. 17-18-19-20-21-2 At the present time the material used for making pzpcr in Bengal is mixture of jute and paper cuttings. The jute was first soaked in lime wate and dried; after beating it was bieached and the material washed in . Whil the pulp was in the dipping-vat a smal ith it, as well as a little alum solution After the paper had dried, amek tice paste was applied with a coconu rush;the sheet were then polished. The jute was grown locally also therice India the vats were formed of wood, cement, and metal, those in use all ove Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |