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[EXAMPLES DO NOT AUTHORIZE SINS.] 2365. Public Buildings. Cathedrals, churches, and other public buildings are made in the same way; but require the addition of small chips of wood, ends of lucifer matches, cork raspings, or small pieces of cardboard, for the various ornaments, if on a large scale, but only a pencil-mark if small. 2366. Starch-Paste or Pipeclay. When constructed of starch-paste, or pipeclay, the material is rolled flat on a table or marble slab, and the various sides cut out with a sharp penknife; they are then gummed together, and coloured properly. 2367. Large Models. If large models of houses or buildings are made, the windows are constructed of talc or thin glass, covered with net or muslin. The frames of the windows are made of cardboard, neatly cut out with a sharp penknife. 2368. Countries. Countries should be made of cork, because it is easier to work. Although the starch-paste is very agreeable to model with, yet it is liable to shrink, and therefore, when in the mass, one part dries quicker than another, so that there is not equal contraction--a great objection to its employment in accurate models. Cork, on the contrary, may be easily cut into all forms, and from abounding with pores, it is remarkably light--no little consideration to travellers. 2369. Topographical Models. Topographical models may, however, be formed of plaster of Paris, but the weight is an objection. A model of a country on a moderate scale--say one-eighth of an inch to a square mile--with its mountains, valleys, and towns, may be thus made:--A model having been first made in clay, according to scale and plan, moulds should then be taken of various parts in gutta percha, rendered soft by dipping it into hot water, and the parts cast in paper cement.