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made, as follows: Melt together over a slow 

 fire in a small tin dish or cup, one ounce of 

 rosin and twenty grains of beeswax. Stir with 

 a stick, then add sixty grains of fresh, unsalted 

 lard, or lacking this, an equal quantity of mut- 

 ton tallow. Stir for several minutes, then pour 

 the mixture into a basin of cold water. Rub a 

 little vaseline on your fingers, to prevent the wax 

 from sticking to them at first, take it out of 

 the water and pull and work it until it becomes 

 cream color, then put it in a piece of chamois 

 skin, and it is ready for use. 



Theodore Gordon, who has had a very wide 

 experience in fishing and fly-tying, has given 

 me the following recipe for silk wax. I have 

 found it excellent. The variations are for 

 different seasons: 



No. i. Rosin 2 ounces, lard Bounce, 

 paraffin wax i drachm. 



No. 2. Rosin 2 ounces, paraffin wax J4- 

 ounce, lard i drachm. 



No. 3. Rosin 2 ounces, paraffin wax J^- 

 ounce, lard 2 scruples. 



No. 4. Rosin 2 ounces, paraffin wax J^- 

 ounce, lard % -drachm. 



Work while under cold water and wrap in 

 chamois skin. 



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