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To Varnish Harps and Dulcimers in the Indian manner

Prepare the work with size and red ochre; then take ochre, burnt umber, and red-lead, well ground, and mix up a dark brown color in turpentine varnish, adding so much spirits of turpentine that you may just be able to work it, pass over your work fair and even; and while it is yet wet, take a muslin sieve, and sift as much Dutch metal, (bronze,) upon it as you think requisite to produce the effect; after which varnish and polish it.