River-bed studies, jotted aphorisms and numbers
Red-chalk figures of a scoured river bed and gravel; notes on smoke and odour
In red chalk the sheet carries two figures of a hollowed river bed with gravel, studied as swirling, scoured forms, alongside a short column of numbers at the side. Two brief jottings in the middle read that 'the smoke leaves some of the...' and that 'everything gives off its own odour'. Further indeterminate sketches occupy the rest of the leaf.
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Two figures of a hollowed river bed and gravel
Red-chalk drawings render a scoured, hollowed river bed with gravel as swirling loops of the current working the channel, spread across the upper and lower parts of the sheet.
Two aphorisms on smoke and odour
Two short lines note that 'the smoke leaves some of the c...' and that 'everything gives off (?) its own odour' — brief sententious jottings.
Column of numbers
A short column of numerals in red chalk (5 6, 4 6, 2, 2, 1, 1 2, 7) is set at the side, apparently a quick reckoning or count.