66 ANOTHER RECIPE. 



silvery opacity which it assumes when properly 

 compounded. 



I made some after Mr. S.'s receipt, but found 

 it rather too brittle ; I therefore added the extra 

 half drachm of pomatum. 



Another recipe for the same is eight ounces 

 of white resin and one table spoonful of linseed- 

 oil. This I have not tried. Both the above are 

 colourless upon the silk, which may sometimes, in 

 fly -making, be an advantage. Another species of 

 wax (and which is peculiarly well adapted to the 

 fine glovers' silk) is prepared by dissolving a 

 lump of the coblers' wax in a sufficient quantity 

 of spirits of wine, * or (perhaps the best, as most 

 evaporating) eau de Cologne: about half an 

 ounce of the spirit to the size of a small 

 walnut of the former. This is kept in a corked 

 bottle, and applied in a honey-like liquid 

 state, soon becoming hard enough from evapora- 

 tion. I consider it to be the very best mode 

 with very fine silk : enabling you to wax an 

 entire skein of the finest without a break, winding 

 it from one card, in its clean state, on to another 

 as you wax it, and thus having it always ready 

 for use. Never hesitate dirtying your fingers 

 during the operation (a little sweet oil or spirits 

 of wine will clean them), but, holding a drop 



* I used to adopt spirits of turpentine, but have found that from its oily- 

 nature it changes the colour of the silk bodies of flies. 



