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120 TOW AND FLAX SLIVERS. 
Common Resin. 
Red Ochre reduced into a fine powder. 
Yellow Wax. 
| Oil of Turpentine. 
These must be melted over a fire in the following manner ; 
and the vessel in which it is made should be capable of hold- 
| ing three times the quantity required, to allow ample room for 
_ boiling up. An earthenware pipkin with a handle is the best 
thing for the purpose, and a lid must be made of tin to fit it. 
The luting will be rendered more or less brittle, or elastic, as | 
| the red ochre prevails :— 
The wax is first melted, and then the resin; the ochre is 
| then added in small quantities, and stirred quickly with a spa- 
tula each time. When all the ochre has been added, it must 
be allowed to boil six or eight minutes; the turpentine is then 
|| added, and briskly stirred with the spatula, and continue to 
| boil it. There is considerable risk of the mixture taking fire, 
| and should it do so, the lid must immediately be put on the 
|| vessel to extinguish it. 
To ascertain the consistence of the luting, a little must be, 
_ from time to time, dropped on a cool plate, or flat piece of | 
| iron. If it is too soft, more of the ochre must be added to it; || 
| and if too hard, additional wax and turpentine. 
| 
LUTING FOR RENDERING BOTTLES AIR-TIGHT. 
| 
TOW AND FLAX SLIVERS. 
These are fillets of prepared tow and flax, of from one to 
three inches in breadth. They are extremely uniform in their 
thickness, being made to weight, and can easily be procured 
from any flax-spinning mill, at a moderate price per pound 
weight. 
METHOD OF MAKING ENAMEL-EYES FOR ANIMALS 
— 
Much of the character and expression of animals depends 
upon their eyes: it will, therefore, be evident that great atten- 
tion is necessary in the artificial imitation of these. 
