175 APPENDIX. 



USEFUL RECIPES FOR ANGLERS. 



To keep moth from feathers and tackle. Pepper them profusely, 

 and keep them from the damp. Tobacco-leaf cut small and dis- 

 persed among the feathers and tackle is very useful. Put no faith 

 in camphor, as it evaporates. Turn the tackle and feathers out and 

 expose them to the air once or twice in the winter. 



Varnish for hooks and tackle. Dissolve shellac, or even sealing- 

 wax, in double the bulk of spirits of wine ; allow it to dry before 

 using. One application is sufficient. 



Varnish for rods. The best coachmakcrs' varnish. Two coats, 

 each thoroughly dried, is requisite. 



White wax. 2 oz. of best resin, \ oz. of bees-wax, simmer for ten 

 minutes in a pipkin ; add \ oz. of tallow, and simmer for a quarter 

 of an hour ; pour the whole into a basin of water, and work it about 

 with the fingers until it is tough and pliable. 



Liquid wax. Dissolve some cobblers' wax in spirits of wine ; 

 shake up before using, and lay it on the silk with a feather. It is 

 capital for weak or frayed silk, as the spirit evaporates and leaves 

 the wax behind. 



DIRECTIONS FOR STAINING GIMP. 



Soak brass gimp in a solution of bichlorate of platinum, mixed in 

 about the proportion of one part of platinum to eight or ten of 

 water, until it has assumed the colour desired. This will take 

 from a quarter of an hour, to two or three hours, according to the 

 strength of the solution, then dry the gimp before the fire, and, 

 whilst warm, with a brush, give it a coat of " lacquer." 



The above process only applicable to brass gimp, copper and silver 

 gimp do not take the stain properly. 



TO STAIN GUT THE COLOUR OF WEEDS, WATER, &o. 



Make an infusion of onion coatings as before directed, and when 

 quite cold put the gut into it, and let it remain until the hue becomes 



