MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. 101 



BROWN TINT FOR IRON AND STEEL. 



Dissolve in four parts of water, two parts of crystallized 

 chloride of iron, two parts of chloride of antimony and one 

 part of gallic acid, and apply the solution with a sponge or 

 cloth to the article, and dry it in the air. Repeat this any 

 number of times, according to the depth of color which it is 

 desired to produce. Wash with water and dry, and finally 

 rub the articles over with boiled linseed oil. The metal 

 thus receives a brown tint and resists moisture. The chlo- 

 ride of antimony should be as little acid as possible. 



TO TAN SMALL SKINS. 



When taken from the animal, let the skins be nailed in 

 the shape of an oblong square on a board to dry, fur side 

 down. Before taking them from the board, clean off all the 

 fat or oily matter with a dull knife. Be careful not to cut 

 the skins. When you wish to tan them, soak thoroughly in 

 cold water until soft; then squeeze out the water, and take 

 of soft water three quarts, salt half a pint, and best oil vit- 

 roil one ounce Stir well with a stick, and put in the skins 

 quickly, and leave them in thirty minutes. Then take them 

 in your hands and squeeze (not wring) them out, and hang 

 in the shade, fur side down, to dry. If you get the quantity of 

 liquor proportioned to the skins, they will need no rubbing 

 to make them soft; and, tanned in this way, the moths will 

 never disturb them. 



BUFFALO ROBES. 



These are not, strictly speaking, leather, as they are 

 prepared without the use of bark or tannin in any form. 

 They are simply a raw hide made sott and pliable by manip- 

 ulation and the use of grease or oil, The Indian process, in 

 principle, is the same we use in making our soft leathers, 

 chamois, buckskin, lash or string leacher, etc. The Indian 

 women, in making buffalo robes, first "flesh" and pare down 



