142 Spirit Varnish. 



Spirit Varnish. 



SANDJCEAC, four ounces ; pale seedlac, two ounces ; elemi 

 (true), one ounce; alcohol, one grain ; digest with agitation 

 till dissolved ; then add Venice turpentine, two ounces. 



Another : One pint of spirits of wine ; one ounce of 

 shellac ; dissolved in the sun and afterwards well shaken. 

 To make it yellow, add gamboge and saffron ; to make it 

 red, add dragon's blood ; to make it brown, add umber. 



A Eecipefor Potting Charr or Trout. 



THREE teaspoonsful of ground black-pepper ; three tea- 

 spoonsful of allspice ; two teaspoonsful of mace ; one tea- 

 spoonful of cloves ; one teaspoonful of nutmeg ; half 

 teaspoonful of cayenne. These ingredients are sufficient 

 to pot one stone of fish, and should be kept carefully 

 corked up in a small 'phial ; when employing them, add 

 a little salt. 



Wax. 



DISSOLVE shoemakers' wax in spirits of wine until 

 about the consistency of butter. Use it thus : Put a 

 small portion on the inside of a piece of old kid glove, 

 and draw the silk lightly through it ; after this, draw it 

 through another piece of clean leather, to take off the 

 superfluous wax. The best way to dissolve the wax is, 

 to put a small piece into a gallipot, with a very little 

 spirits of wine, and tie a piece of bladder over the mouth 

 of the gallipot. Next, put the gallipot in a cup or vessel 

 of warm water, and set it on a stove (not too hot), or 

 near the fire, until the wax is dissolved. Keep the bladder 

 tied down when not using it. Should the wax become 

 too hard by long standing, place the gallipot in a saucer 

 or other vessel of hot water for a short time. 



