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CHAPTER XIII. 

 CLEANING GEAR, CARRIAGES, ETC. 



Component Parts of Gear Brown Leather Black Leather Patent Leather and 

 Enamelled Leather Serge and Linen covered Panels Steel, Iron and Alloys 

 of Nickel Brass Silver and Plated Work Pipe -clay ing Cotton Clothing 

 and Woollen Clothing Carriages Blacking Boots Tops Leather Breeches 

 Saddles covered with Buckskin or Rough Leather Silk Hats Sponges. 



COMPONENT PARTS OF GEAR. 



FOR purposes of cleaning we may divide saddle, harness, 

 and stable gear into brown leather, black leather, patent leather, 

 enamelled leather, serge and linen covered panels, steel, 

 iron, alloys of nickel, brass, silver, plated articles, pipe-clayed 

 leather and cotton, cotton clothing, and woollen clothing. 

 After use, saddlery and harness should be taken to pieces 

 and cleaned according to the nature of their respective parts, 

 or merely gone over with a rubber or brush as may be 

 required. 



BROWN LEATHER. 



The presence of oil or fat in leather is necessary to keep 

 it pliable ; for if it is used when it is in a dry state, it will 

 be apt to crack and consequently to become spoiled. When 

 leather was a living substance in the form of skin, its pliability 

 was preserved by the oil that was secreted by the oil glands, 

 which are distributed throughout the skin in countless 

 numbers. Leather therefore has not only to be kept clean, 

 but it must also be kept soft by some oily matter. 



Linseed oil and colza oil (rape oil), which are called 



