ABSTRACT
The front boards, or upper part of the backs, as the case may be, are rubbed slightly with oil, and the gold laid on; when, the squares on the bed of the press being adjusted to the right position, the lettering is executed as swiftly as they can be laid on and removed. In small towns, it must necessarily be executed jointly with the other branches; but so ample and minute has been the detail of the various manipulations in a previous part of this work, that in attempting a description of Boarding, little can be said without repetition. The size in the cloth, as now manufactured, will be sufficient to hold firmly the gold when stamped with the heated design. The portion not thus marked must be removed with the gold rag, and rubbed clear with a piece of fine woollen cloth.
