The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 329
nt and stick with the plate-brush in the bowl ofwater, until you feel certain that no speck of grit lurks in any crevice, and beginworking the pebble on the pewter lap as in the other stages, putting pressure throughthe wrist of the right hand, and letting the weight of the arm play, so that a… … BRITISH PEBBLES. 325 dwelling too long on one spot. Keep on turning the stone slightly. Commonsense will explain my meaning. And in this last stage be sure you never wipe YOUR HANDS OR YOUR STONE WITH THE CLOTH USED FOR TH.: SAND OR EMERY STAGE. Use a clean cloth. It took me two years to find out…
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