l68 COLONEL HANGER TO 



I shall end with giving you a certain 

 ointment, with which j^ou may rub a pair of 

 boots, and walk four or five hours in water^ 

 snipe-shooting, and never be wet. Take 



BOILED LINSEED-OIL, ONE PINT; BEE'S WAX, 

 ONE OUNCE; BURGUNDY PITCH, HALF AN 

 OUNCE ; SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE TWO OUNCES : 



melt the three first in an earthen-pot, and 

 then add the turpentine. Lay it on when 

 the leather is dry, and warmed before the 

 fire. This ointment must be well rubbed in 

 before the fire y and when the leather is tole- 

 rably dry. 



a hare, putting three or four shot into her at above 

 tightly yards. Can you do the same with No. 5, or 

 No. 6 ? I answer, No ; you cannot ; it is not possible. 

 Upon my word, I should not imagine that I should be 

 in any degree of danger of receiving material injury, 

 were I to allow any person to fire at my hinder parts, 

 at four-score 3'ards, with No. 6, provided I had a good 

 pair of buckskin breeches, and particularly had I a 

 great-coat on, — not of any peculiar thick cloth, but 

 superfine only. I do not believe that any shot would 

 penetrate that coat strong enough, even to give me 

 pain. So firm is my preference of No. 2, to No. 5 or 

 6, that I think the point cannot be contested. — Look 

 to pheasant-shooting ; the bird has a small body, 

 but the plumage is very thick. 



