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grains, spring water, one ounce. Wash the eyes with it, 

 letting a littli^ pass in. Repeat this daily, and you will soon 

 cure it. 



Films caused by Thorn Wounds. — Rest the dog till per- 

 fectly headed over, washing with rose water. If much 

 inflammation, bleed, and foment with hot water, with a few 

 drops of laudanum in it — about forty drops of laudanum to 

 one ounce of water ; or two grains of opium to one ounce of 

 water — one as good as the other. Then apply four or five 

 times a day the following wash : — Superaeetate of Lead, half 

 a drachm, Rose Water, six ounces. 



To extract Thorns. — Cobbler's wax bound on to the place, 

 or black pitch plaster or a poultice, are equally good. 



To preserve Gun Barrels from rust of salt water. — 

 Black lead, three ounces ; hog's lard, eight ounces ; camphor, 

 quarter ounce ; boiled together over a slow fire ; the barrels 

 to be rubbed with this mixtm-e, which afte]' three days must 

 be wiped off clean. This need not be repeated above twice 

 in the winter. 



Bite of a Snake. — Olive oil, well rubbed in before a fire, 

 and a copious drench of it also. 



To render Boots or Shoes Water-proqf. — Beef suet, quarter 

 of a pound ; bees' wax, half a pound ; rosin, quarter of a 

 pound. Stir well together over a slow fire. Melt the mix- 

 ture, and rub well into the articles daily with a hard brush 

 before the fire. 



To Soften Boots. — Use hog's lard, half a pound ; mutton 

 suet,. quarter of a pound ; find bees' wax, quarter of a pound. 

 Melt well, and rub well in before the fire ; or currier's oil is 

 as good, barring the smell. 3* 



