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Show shallow round stone trough laid upon th ‘ground. The powe was supplied by oxen 75 The jugz st v Boight o b ke popl of Kaguiguds wihen e fsiva Roe e, 3 the carriage and taken about the villa Attheh with & curved rattan coveri swaitin luggage had been placed aboard litle room for the pasenger 75. Our friend o Autsahai. Mr. Rao i at the right Other gentlemen in the photoraph are Meses Pl Chandrs Se Kiran Chandra Sen endu Gupta. an Mano Ranjan Gupt Six ofthe papermakersof Kurmira who ied their papermaking cquipment t Auusbal o the papermakizg demontai They all bear the name Kaghazi for genera 77. The human agitated samper as use fEiTEEEEe it by th p(fllr process requireseendless patience After beating, the macerated pulp wa placed in a cloth and carried t0.a pond wher the material was given a thorough washing This is the procedure employed in Kashi and in all ther part of India 79: The washed sock s thrown nto th water in the dipping-va and en a vigorou e them 1o be suspended in the water. Th mateial s then ready for th vatman 80 i sating upon e roun S uwm in e unal mamer. Th dipping-va arc made of clay an parts of India e s st of paper v couhe n ey feva e e s of paper. The pile of f paper was covered with board and given a light presin 82. The sheets, one by one, were carchul removed from th . paper dry i Chandra Sen 83. The drying of the paper against meta a much finer finish than th used i other parts of Indi the non-porous surface of the meta more time is required Bengal, as in all India, the fina polin of o e done by means o rubbed r the surface of th P paper than to actually make i Digital Image © 2006 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |