INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



with a flap behind, similar to a coal-heaver's hat, 

 and dress them as follows : Take three quarts 

 of linseed oil, and boil them till reduced to two 

 quarts and a half, the doing which will require 

 about three hours, and when the oil is sufficiently 

 boiled, it will burn a feather. The addition of 

 some Indian rubber was suggested to me, but of 

 this I did not make a trial, because the dressing 

 answered so well without it. When the oil is 

 quite cold, take a clean paint brush, and well 

 work it into the outside of the whole apparel, and 

 it will soon find its way to the inside. Let the 

 apparel then be put out in the air every dry day 

 for a fortnight or three weeks ; and, at the expi- 

 ration of that time, provided the oil on it be 

 thoroughly dry, take the remainder of your pre- 

 pared oil, and give it the second coat. N.B. Let 

 the person who boils the oil, &c., beware of getting 

 burnt, and let him do it out of doors, or lie might 

 run a risk of setting your house on fire ; add to 

 this, the smell of it, when boiling, is a great 

 nuisance." O ! ingenuous youth ! what think ye 

 of dressing thus for a pleasure party ? 



Before our neophyte enters on his pleasant 

 craft, it will be convenient to furnish him with 

 fitting materials. Chiefest of these, are his dog 



