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          THE POTTER.
  The Potter makes vessels capable of
holding liquid and various other utensils, of
clay of different kinds mixed with a variety
of ingredients. This trade is divided into
several branches-the Stone-ware Potter, the
Delf-Potter, the maker of Portugal or
Brosely Ware, the common Earthenware
Potter, the maker of Queen's Ware, and
many others. Clay and flints are the prin-
cipal substances, and the wheel and lathe
the chief instruments.  The wheel is in-
tended for large works, and the lathe for
small. The former is turned by a labourer,
but the latter is put into motion by the foot
of a workman. When the clay is properly
prepared and proportioned to the size of the
vessel to be made, the potter places one of
the lumps upon the head of the wheel,
which he turns round while he forms the
cavity of the vessel with his finger and
thumb: and while putting it into a proper
form the wheel is kept in constant motion.
The feet and handles of the vessels are made
by themselves. When the vessel is finished,
it is taken from the rest of the. clay to dry.
St. Paul, we find, alludes to the Potter in one
of his Epistles, proving the clay like the hu-
man body,subservient to the maker's pleasure,