138 RECIPE FOR PRESERVING TROLLING LINES. 



flannel, pressing it sufficiently to take off the 

 superficial coat, which enables that which is in 

 the interior to dry well, and in time to get stiff. 

 The line must then be hung up in the air, 

 wind, or sun, out of the reach of moisture, for 

 about a fortnight, till pretty well dry. It must 

 then be re-dipped, to give an outer coat, for 

 which less soaking is necessary : after this, wipe 

 it again but lightly ; wind it on a chair-back or 

 towel-horse before a hot fire, and there let it 

 remain for two or three hours, which will cause 

 the mixture on it to *' flow" (as japanners term 

 it), and give an even gloss over the whole. It 

 must then be left to dry as before ; the length 

 of time, as it depends on the weather and place, 

 observation must determine upon. By this means 

 it becomes impervious to wet, and sufficiently 

 stiff never to clog or entangle, — the oil producing 

 the former quality, and the gold size (which is 

 insoluble in water), the latter ; while the com- 

 mixture prevents the size becoming too hard and 

 stiff. A troUing-line should be thus dressed 

 every season at least. 



Herb. — How exhilirating is this scene, so 

 varied, so ever-varying with each hour. Big 

 Galtyvoel, which, as I came here yesterday, 

 blushed with the roseate gaze of the declining 

 western sun, now seems wrapt in shady sleep ; 

 while on our right, the towering wood-crowned 



