Show the of sheet lead in china tho making of sheet lead for the lining of tea etc is important industry of hong kong it is made principally in sundry establishments to ilo westward au entering one alie workmen mill bo seen with shears sheets of lead into the required sizes and shapes tho sho ira anro simply n pair of firmly ried to a solid block of wood some two feet in height tho lower blade of alie terminates in i aquaro piece of iron instead of libin as is alie upper blade tho of lead will also bo observed to bo of small somewhat irregular in and aliis arise from the method of manufacture as will be seen going into tho shop will be seen an iron pan raised inches or so above tins ground and carefully this iron pan Is a furnace and of tho pan nc at ho wall is a llido communicating with it in alik pan tho lead is melted and when hot enough the kikua two of tho large paring may bo almost anywhere in and these aro then smoothly ami carefully covered with several lavers or pt pter pr ilicin placeit cheso two lilea before him one above tho other the workman ralser aliu tile with his left hand aej taking a ladle of abo proper size iu his right he dips it in the tucked lead and aleu pours its contents on to the lower tile ho then drops the upper tile and quickly presses the lead out into tho form of a sheet the paper belna a bad conductor of heat the lead docs not solidify immediately after it teave i the ladle and M by long practice the workman always ladles out exactly the same quantity of lead the sheets but little in size or age of sled control your pasion or it will con irol you horace |