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Thc difficulties vУегс nuшсгонs. Fiгst, tlieгe ,vas cliшatc and tcшpcratшc to coпsideг. It vYas песеssш·у to Ье ve1·y ca1·eflll аЬонt thc tcmpcгatшc to ,vl1icЬ golJ leaf ,Yas cxposed, ашl iп огсlег to d1·y tЬс sizing ргоре1·lу, it ,Yas iшpшtant tlшt tl1e ,vcatl1cг slюнlu. поt Ьс too сlашр nог too ,yai·m. Реtсг cle St. Ашlспшг, ,vгitiнg iп tЬе latc tЬirteeпtl1 сспtшу, says: " Takc 11oticc tliat уон oнglit поt to ,vork ,vitl1 gobl ш coloшs iп а сlашр place, оп accoнnt of tЬе lюt ,vcatl1e1·, "'ЬiсЬ, as it is oftcп iпjшious in bш11isl1iпg golcl, Jюtl1 to tl1e coloшs оп ,vЬich tl1e golcl is Iaicl апd also to tl1c gilcling, if tЬс У�'шk is dопе оп pai·clнneпt, so also jt is injшioнs ,vl1c11 tl1c wcatheг is too dгу апd aгid." .Jolш АсЬе1·iнs, iв 1:399, obsPгves, too, that " саге шш,t Ьс takcп as гcgaпls tЪс situatioп, becausc ,vincly ,veatlieг is а l1indгaпcc, нnkss tl1c gildeг is iв an c11rloscd placc; ажl if tlic ai1· is too dгу, tЬе соlош cannot hold tЬс gold нndег the Ьш­ пisl1сг." Illuшiпation is an агt ,vhicl1 lias al,vays )Jеен diffirult; vvc ,vЬо attempt it to-clay агс not siшply fariпg а Iost агt ,vЬicl1 has Ьесоше iшpossiЫc Ьссанsс of tlю clшпgcd conclitions; сvсп ,vl1c11 follo,ved aloпg thc bc•st line iп tЬс best ,vay tl1c sашс tгials ,vсгс encolшte1·c•(l. Еагlу tгeatiscs vагу гegaгcliпg the best mrcliнш for laying leaf on рагсlнnепt. ТЬсге агс vсгу fc•,v vchiclcs whicl1 will foгm а coпnecting апd pcrшa11rпt link bct,vcen these two sнbstaпces. ТЬегс is а geпCI·al iшpression tlшt ,vhitc of egg ,vas нsed to Ьold tЬе gold: but any one ,vlю lшs схрегiшепtсd k110,vs tЬat it is impossiЫe to fasteп шetal to vellшп Ьу ,vl1ite of cgg