Burma . to its segments, which are piled, and dried under pressure. Then theyare trimmed even, and punched with holes to file them by. The leaf is ruledwith turmeric, and the writing is done with asharp steel style, which scratches through thehard epidermis to the spongy layer under-neath ; both sides are written on. The trans-verse strokes tear the fibre more, and leave aplainer mark, which leads to a minimising oflongitudinal strokes. When the writing iscomplete, the wooden covers are lacquered,the edges of the leaves gilt, and their facesoiled with crude brown petroleum, which bothpreserves
Burma . to its segments, which are piled, and dried under pressure. Then theyare trimmed even, and punched with holes to file them by. The leaf is ruledwith turmeric, and the writing is done with asharp steel style, which scratches through thehard epidermis to the spongy layer under-neath ; both sides are written on. The trans-verse strokes tear the fibre more, and leave aplainer mark, which leads to a minimising oflongitudinal strokes. When the writing iscomplete, the wooden covers are lacquered,the edges of the leaves gilt, and their facesoiled with crude brown petroleum, which bothpreserves the material and brings out thewriting. The oiling is repeated from time totime. The leaves become dark and friable infifty years, and the writing hard to over two hundred years old arescarce. Copyists are paid one rupee per ingaof ten leaves, the work of a day or two,according to their expertness. Until rag-paperbegan to be imported, the paper in use was 270. carved scene from INSCRIPTIONS AND WRITING 123 that made from the inner bark-layer of the sekkn-bin, the same that theumbrellas are covered with {ye-sekkn). The tree is common in the mountains
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