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put on in the same way; so I will at once tell you 

 how to do it. You must fit the shoe to the foot 

 with as much care as if nothing were to be put 

 under it; and when it is "filed up/' and ready to 

 be put on, lay it with the foot-surface downward 

 on the covering, whatever it may be, and mark the 

 form of the shoe upon it with the end of the draw- 

 ing-knife; then cut the piece out, put it in its 

 place upon the shoe, and fix them both in the vice, 

 which will hold them close together, while you 

 carefully cut the edge of the covering until it 

 agrees with the edge of the shoe; then turn them 

 in the' vice together, so as to bring the heels of the 

 shoe uppermost, and cut out a piece slightly curved 

 downward from heel to heel, that nothing may be 

 left projecting for the ground to lay hold of. The 

 next thing to do is to smear the whole of the 

 under-surface of the foot well with Barbadoes tar 

 mixed with a little grease; but be sure that you 

 never use gas-tar instead of the other; for it dries 

 up the horn and makes it as hard as flint, wliile 

 Barbadoes tar keeps it moist and tough. Then you 



