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CLEANING HARNESS MOUNTINGS. 



Brass liarness is cleaned with rotten-stone and a feather, or, if 

 very dii-ty, with the addition of a very little oil of vitriol. Plated 

 harness may be kept in order with whitening ; a piece of calico 

 being dipped in some water in which whitening has been mixed up, 

 and then being dried, it prevents the powder getting into the leather. 

 Plate-powder answers better, but it is generally considered too ex- 

 pensive. For those parts which are removable or which are embossed 

 a brush must be used. 



CLEANING SADDLES. &C. 



Wash the saddle with the whites of three eggs evaporated till 

 the substance left resembles the common gum, dissolved in a pint 

 of gin, and put into a common wine-bottle, and filled up with water. 



HARDENED LEATHER. 



Wash well with soap and water, and dress well with good neats- 

 foot oil. 



HARNESS BLACKING. 



No. 1. — One pint of spirit of turpentine, ^oz. of .Japan ink. 2oz. 

 of beeswax, 2oz. of white wax, loz. of gum benjamin, loz. of indigo 

 blue. 2oz. of drop black. Melt the wax and gum benjamin, and 

 then add the other ingredients, having warmed the ink. This 

 blacking will never harden, but it is always in a liquid state, and 

 will be found to keep the harness soft and pliable. Apply with a 

 soft brush, and polish with another, and gently rub with a soft- 

 cloth. 



No. 2. — Boiled linseed oil, 1 pint ; beeswax, 2oz, : Burgundy pitch, 

 loz. ; spirits of turpenti-ne, 2oz. 



No. 3. — Three ounces beeswax ; \\h. ivory black ; 1 pint neat's- 

 foot oil; 2oz. Castile soap; 2oz. lard"; 2 table-spoonfuls of aloes. 



No. 4. — One pound and a half of tallow ; 2 Jib. lard ; 2 pints 

 neatsfoot oil ; 3oz. beeswax ; mix ; then add l-|-oz. of india-rubber 

 dissolved in three quarters of a pint of spirits of turpentine. The 

 leather must be well washed, and, when quite dry, the mixture well 

 rubbed in before a hot fire. 



No. 5. — Take 2oz. of beeswax, and cut as thin as possible ; cover 

 it with turpentine, and let it remain until dissolved; add loz. of 

 ivory black, and a tablespoonful of sweet oil. Mix well together. 

 If it gets too stiff, add a little more turpentine. 



No. 6. — One pint of spirits of turpentine, loz. Prussian blue. ^Ib. of 

 beeswax, one tablespoonful of lamp black. Slice the wax very thin, put 



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