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Another : 



"A pint of boiled neatsfoot-oil ; 

 Half a pound of mutton-suet; 

 Six ounces of beeswax ; 

 Four ounces of resin. 



" These ingredients are to be melted together over a slow fire, 

 and then freely applied to every portion of the boots, after warm- 

 ing at the fire; this dressing is especially adapted to new leather." 



Another : 



"A pint of boiled linseed oil; 

 Beeswax, one ounce; 

 Burgundy pitch, half an ounce ; 

 Spirit of turpentine, two ounces. 



"Melt the first three ingredients in an earthen pot, then add the 

 turpentine; to be rubbed in when the leather is tolerably dry, 

 before the fire." 



