RECIPES. 167 



To render Boots Waterproof. 



Drying oil, one pint ; yellow wax, two ounces; turpen- 

 tine, two ounces ; Burgundy pitch, one ounce : melt 

 them over a slow fire, and add a few drachms of essen- 

 tial oil of lavender or thyme ; brush the boots with this 

 in the sun,, or at a short distance from the fire. The 

 application to be repeated as often as the boots become 

 dry, until they are fully saturated. This is the method 

 'recommended by Colonel Hawker. The late Dr. 

 Harward recommended the following process : for new 

 boots take half a pound of bees' wax, one quarter of a 

 pound of resin, and the same quantity of mutton suet 

 or tallow : boil them together, and anoint the boot well 

 with the preparation, lukewarm. Should the boots 

 have been worn, substitute beef suet in the place of the 

 mutton or tallow. 



