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Show ‘white specimen measuring twenty-nine by twenty-one inches. This pape contains many specks of unbeaten dark outer bark of the daphne tree. Ther is another sort of old daphne paper, made in Kangra, the sheets of which although apparently fabricated on the regulation type of mould, so nearl resemble the beaten mulberry bark papers of Java that without close examination it would be difficult to distinguish between the two distinct makes These last two mentioned Nepal and Kangra papers had their origin abou year 1875 and it is questionable if present day papermakers in Nepa and north India could equal them In northern India the rind of the Desmodium iliagolium (Meibonia), ha been, like the daphne, used as a material for making paper. The Meibomi and stronger than jute (L'Mtlmmr oltorius) (Hindi: pat) also used in India fo papermaking, and at the present time employed in the making of handmade paperin the Dacca, Bengal. The true sunn plant may be distinguishe by its bright yellow flowers, and its tapering leaves. At the present time th papermakers use only discarded hempen ropes, gunny, and fishing nets, a new material would be beyond their means. For use of the papermake these hemp and jute waste materials are cut into fragments with a commo wide-edged hatchet in the hands of a worker who sits at his labour an draws the rdy,gcd cloth, frayed ropes and nets along a wooden beam, whil he lesurely stikes the material with the sharpencd. tool. These, choppe fragments are spread on the ground in the sun where they are kept for tw days, after which time they are beaten with a heavy stick to separate th Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |