APPENDIX. 



(A.) 



Wax. 



Shoemakers' wax dissolved in spirits of wine until about the con- 

 sistency of butter. To use it, put a small piece on the inside of a 

 kid glove, and draw the silk lightly through it ; after this, draw the 

 silk through another piece of clean leather, to take off the superfluous 

 wax. To dissolve the wax, put a small piece into a gallipot, with a 

 very little spirits of wine, and tie a piece of bladder over the mouth of 

 the gallipot. Then put the gallipot in a cup of warm water, and set 

 the cup of water on a stove (not too hot), or near the fire, until the 

 wax is dissolved. You should keep the bkdder tied on when you 

 are not using it. If by standing the wax should become too hard, 

 place the gallipot in a saucer of hot water for a short time. 



(B.) 

 Another Wax. 



Melt some resin in a small vessel over a slow fire, and whilst it 

 is on the fire, and after it lias become fluid, take a pure white wax 

 candle, light it, and let it drop into the melted resin ; there is no rule 

 as to the quantity. Pour out upon a board, either greased or rubbed 

 with wax from the candle, one fourth of the composition ; then drop 

 more wax into the remainder, and pour out one fourth more. Pro- 

 ceed in the same manner with the other two fourths ; and thus you 



