re toon and walnut, and at
Deyrah the saul (_Shorea Robusta_).

_Manufacture of sheet lead_.--Sheet lead making is a much more
complicated process, and therefore requires more consideration. To
make sheet lead, the manufacturer mixes 11/2 to 3 seers of block tin
with a pucka maund of lead, and melts them together in a cast metal
pan. On being melted, the flat stone slabs, under which it is his
intention to run the lead, are first covered with ten or twelve
sheets of smooth paper (the hill paper being well adapted to the
purpose), which are pasted to the sides, and chalked over. He then
places the under stone in a skeleton frame of wood, to keep it firm,
and above it the other stone. On the upper stone the manufacturer
sits, and gently raises it with his left hand, assisted by throwing
the weight of his body backwards. With his right hand he fills an
iron ladle with the molten matter, throws it under the raised slab,
which he immediately compresses and brings forward (it having been
placed back, and thus overlapping the under slab by about half an
inch) with his own weight. On doing so, the superabundant lead
issues in front and at both sides; what remains attached to the
slabs is removed by the iron ladle. The upper slab is now lifted,
and the sheet of lead examined. If it is devoid of holes it is
retained; if, on the other hand, there are several, which is
generally the case with the first two or three sheets run, or until
the slabs get warm, it is again thrown back to the melting pan.
After having run off a series of sheets the slabs are to be
examined, and, if the paper is in the least burnt, the first sheet
is to be removed, and the one underneath taking its place, and thus
securing an uniform smooth surface, is then to be chalked. According
to the size of the stone slabs used, so is the size of the sheet
lead. Those now in use are 16 inches square by 2 inches in
thickness, and are a composition, being principally formed of lime.

To make sheet lead boxes, a model one of wood (a little smaller than
the box for which the lead is intended) is formed, which has a hole
in the bottom, and a transverse bar of wood to assist in lifting it
up, instead of a lid. The lead is then shaped on this model and
soldered. This being done, the model is removed by the transverse
bar, and by pr