170 SIMPLE METHODS OF ARRANGING CABINETS. 



by the following composition ; which is the same mentioned at 

 page 167 for mending shells. 



Fine Spanish whitening, 2 oz. 



Gum Arabic, 2 oz. 



Finest flour, f oz. 

 Ox- Gall ; a tea-spoonful — 



This cement may be kept in a pot in a dry state, and a little 

 warm water poured on it when required. Some prefer a solu- 

 tion of gum arabic for attaching them. The solution of gum 

 arable plain, will not, however, answer the purpose, as it cracks, 

 when the w^eather becomes hot, and the shells are disengaged. 

 It should therefore be made in the following manner. 



Gum Paste. 



White Sugar-candy, 2 oz. 



Common Gum Arabic, 4 oz. 



Ox- Gall, one tea-spoonful. 



When properly dissolved, it should he strained through fine 

 muslin or gauze, and two table-spoonfuls of starch or hair-pow- 

 der added to it, and half a drachm of corrosive sublimate. It 

 may then be put into an earthen ware pot or bottle, and allowed 

 to dry. When used, a little warm water may be poured on it, 

 when it will be ready for use in a few minutes. — 



