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The six masses were all differently compounded. Specimen 1 was of clay found at Chikano-mura, Kaga, without any addition. The ware obtained from this mass was faience, having a tolerably white pâte, like that of inferior Arita porcelain, but not transparent. Specimen 2 was a mixture, in the proportion of 7 to 3, of clay from Gokokuji-mura and stone from Nabedani-mura, both in the province of Kaga. The ware obtained from this mass was porcelain, having a yellowish, slightly transparent pâte. Specimen 3 was a mixture similar to specimen 2, except that one part of the stone from Nabedani-mura was replaced by a stone from Onomura. The ware obtained from this mass was faience, having a yellowish-white pâte. Specimen 4 consisted entirely of clay from Hanida-mura, in Kaga. The ware obtained from it was stone-ware, having a pâte like that of the preceding specimen. Specimen 5 was a mixture of four parts stone from Gokokuji-mura, two parts stone from Nabedani-mura, and four parts stone from Aratani-mura. The ware obtained was close-grained, tolerably transparent porcelain, of bluish tint. Specimen 6 was a mixture of unascertained materials. It gave a porcelain very white and close-grained, but little transparent. The appearance of the fracture resembled that of European porcelain, being less granular and stony than Arita ware, and less lustrous than the porcelain of Owari.

Commenting on these analyses, Mr. Korschelt says: "It appears that in Kaga there are manufactured from the same raw materials two different articles: one a transparent porcelain; the other a faience, or stone-ware, of yellowish pâte and colourless glaze. Between the two, however, there are transitions so gradual as to be difficult of distinction. As