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From: "Tom Townsend" <>
Subject: re: Tombstones
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 13:25:08 -0500


It was written:
< With all the chatting about the difficulty in reading old stones, I
haven't
< seen mentioned one simplepoint,i.e., go on a sunny day close to noon. The
< letters may be seen without chalk, charcoal or whatever.

I take along a small mirror to redirect the sunlight over the face of the
stone, thereby creating shadows that usually will allow me to read the
inscription. If I fail to have to mirror, sometimes a white sheet of paper
will create enough reflection to 'thow light on the subject'...

Cordially,
Tom Townsend



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