TO MAKE BOOTS, &c. WATER PROOF. 3 



(or should) not hazard his health by sitting or standing 

 in one place by the river side for several hours together 

 in the winter months, which he certainly must do if he 

 expects to kill a good dish of Roach ; but when properly 

 cloathed, especially about the feet and legs, and will take 

 the trouble of dressing his boots or shoes with the follow- 

 ing composition, he will seldom get wet or even feel 

 dampness after being exposed for many hours in the rain 

 or swampy places. Take half a pound of mutton suet, 

 five ounces of bees wax, cut into small pieces, to which 

 add an ounce of black rosin, powdered, simmer the 

 whole in a pipkin over a moderate fire, till all is melted 

 and well mixed. When you wish to use it, render it 

 liquid by melting, and rub it well into the leather with a 

 brush. (Note. This mixture appears yellow on the boots 

 or shoes, and if that is objected to, put among it half an 

 ounce of powder blacking) ; he may then indulge himself 

 with a few hours trolling whenever the water is fit for the 

 purpose, because trolling is strong exercise, from moving 

 continually from one part of a river or water to another 

 further on ; and if the fish are well on the feed, and he 

 kills two or three brace of heavy Pike, the angler will 

 find, that from the exertions he has made in casting the 

 bait for playing, killing and landing those fish, and the 

 carrying them home, nearly approaches to labour, and 

 as labour is generally considered conducive to, or rather 

 the price of health, the troller has but little to fear on 

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