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Show 3 where the strips are bamboo, a solid structure that will not admit of th union made possible with grass and its tubular ends. The grass laid-lines o a Sailkot type of mould-cover will vary from thirteen to twenty-four culm to the inch, depending upon the diameter of the reeds. The hair chain-linc are spaced from one-half inch to one and one-half inches apart. Here agai there is no set rule for the spacing of laid-lines and chain-lines, so that in a examination of paper formed on Indian moulds it is difficult from this fea ture to determine the locality where it was fabricated ‘The Moulds of Hyderaba In the native state of Hyderabad the moulds, photograph 7, employe by the papermakers are lighter in weight than those of any other district the principle of operation, however, is the same as in other sections of India The outer frames of the Hyderabad moulds in my assemblage of Asiati papermaking cquipment are made from wood measuring seven-cighths o an inch by one-halfinch and the ribs also are extremely delicate, being cu from strips of wood that measure but five-sixteenths of an inch square These squares are morticed in the frame so that one pointed edge, or corner of cach rib comes in contact with the mould-cover which the sibs support n the manner of the heavier Sailkot moulds. The chief difference betwee the smenld of Saillot (Punjab, United Pwvmccs, Central Provinces an Bombay Presidency) and those of Hyderabad lies in the weight and fragility of the implement rather than in the actual construction The mould-covers of Hyderabad also do not greatly differ from those o the other two districts, as they too are made of grass held together wit horse-hair stitches. The Hyderabad grass mould-cover in my possessio have seventeen laid-lines to the inch and the chain-lines arc spaced one an on:»half inches apart. In Indian mould-covers it is not unusual to fin lines that are unevenly spaced; for instance, in a cover from Kagaziguda, Hyderabad, the stitches appear alternately one-half inch and one _ Digital image© 2005 Mariott Library University of Utah. Allrights reserved |