TO MAKE FLOUR PASTE.

Paste is made principally of wheaten flour boiled in water till it be

of a glutinous or viscid consistence. It may be thus prepared simply

for common purposes; but when it is required for paper hangings to

rooms, it is usual to mix a fourth, fifth, or sixth of the weight

of the flour of powdered resin; and where it is wanted still more

tenacious, gum arabic, or any kind of size may be added.