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from Knots, they will otherwife be often in 

 Danger to break. 



As the Whitenefs of the Fir will fcare a- 

 way Filli, you muft colour your Stock in this 

 Manner : Warm the Fir at the Fire, when 

 finifhed by the Joiner ; and then, with a Fea- 

 ther dipped in !dqua FertiSy ftroak it over, and 

 with your Hand, chafe it intothe Wood, which 

 it v/ill make of a pure Cinnamon Colour. 



If you have a Mind to paint your Rod of 

 an Afh- Colour, obferve thefe Diredlions. 

 Make a Size with Glue and Water, boiled to- 

 gether till the Glue is dilTolved, and the Mix- 

 ture of a Lye-Colour. Strike this over the 

 Wood with a Brulh or Pencil, while it is hot. 

 When it is quite dry, take White-Lead, Red- 

 Lead, and Lamp-black, in fuch Quantities 

 as, when ground together with Linfeed-Oil, 

 produce the Colour you defire. Lay it on 

 thin with a Brufh, and this will not only 

 ferve for a Colour itfelf, but for the Ground 

 of any other Colour. To inftance in the 

 Green : Take Pink and Verdigreece, and 

 grind them together in Linfeed-Oil, as thin 

 as you can, and then lay it fmoothly on with 

 your Brufh. Once doing will ierve after the 

 Ground Colour,which muft be thoroughly dry. 



As to Canes, they may be made of what 

 Hue you pleafe, by covering them artfully 

 with thin Leather or Parchment, dyed of the 

 Colour you affed. 



It is found very ufeful to have Rings or 

 Eyes, made of fine Wire, and placed upon 



your 



