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Chitty says he has made this wax after Mr. Shipley's 

 receipt, and finding it too brittle added a half-drachm more 

 of pomatum. He farther says, " another receipt for the same, 

 is eight onnees of white rosin and one tablespoonful of lin- 

 seed-oil. This I have not tried." 



Chitty also advises the fly-maker to dissolve a lump of 

 shoemaker's (anglic^ cohler''s) wax in a sufficient quantity of 

 spirits of wine. I have found alcohol (but not weaker than 

 96°) a solvent, and also ether. This is a liquid wax, and 

 enables one to wax his silk by immersing it in the solution ; 

 but I found on trial that the alcohol evaporates after a while, 

 leaving the si^t imperfectly waxed 



The best wax I have ever used in making flies was given 

 me by Mr. George, who ties flies for Philip Wilson, Chestnut 

 Street above Fourth, Philadelphia. 



