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Cut the india-rubber into very small pieces, and let 

 it simmer in the oil till dissolved, then add the wax. 

 Keep the composition at a tepid heat, and allow the line 

 to soak in it for a few hours, and then draw it tightly 

 through between the finger and thumb, to remove all the 

 superfluous liquid, when it is to be stretched between 

 pegs under a shed to dry. 



No. 2. Linseed oil, 1 pint, reduced one-half by 

 boiling ; to which is to be added a little camphor, and 

 1 gill of copal varnish. To be applied as No. 1. 



No. 3. Steep the line until perfectly soaked through 

 in a solution of india-rubber in naphtha ; then remove 

 the superfluous liquid as before, and extend to dry. 



GUT. 



The caterpillar of the silkworm, at a certain stage 

 of its existence, spins around it a fine silken cocoon (the 

 silk of commerce), in which it passes the aurelia or 

 chrysalis state, preparatory to its issuing again into the 

 world transformed into a winged moth. Now just pre- 

 vious to the commencement of this cocoon, which may 

 be known by the caterpillar ceasing to eat, and while 

 the body of the grub is replete with the silky secretion, 

 they are killed by a momentary immersion in boiling 

 water ; and on laying hold of each extremity and pull- 

 ing the body of the grub moderately, it will generally 

 separate near the centre, and disclose to view a greenish 

 white coloured gut, which is not an intestine, but the 



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