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" Kingfisher " lines of medium thickness. If you 

 prefer to buy it undressed, and to dress it yourself, 

 do so. The following are some useful receipts : — 

 I.. Boiled oil and best coach varnish, equal 

 parts ; mix at blood heat (about 100°), and im- 

 merse line twelve hours. 



2. Boiled oil, one pint ; beeswax, four ounces ; 

 put the oil in an earthenware jar, and stand it in 

 boiling water. (Keep the latter boiling.) Add the 

 wax in small shavings. Immerse the line when 

 the temperature has fallen to 100°, or thereabouts, 

 and keep it immersed several hours, the longer the 

 better. The mixture should be retained at about 

 blood heat on the stove as long as the line is in it. 



3. Boiled oil, one-half pint ; three-quarters 

 ounce beeswax ; one and one-half ounce Bur- 

 gundy pitch ; tablespoonful copal varnish. Raise 

 the heat of this a little above that necessary for 

 complete solution, and immerse the line, keeping 

 the mixture warnj on the stove for twelve hours. 



These are first-class dressings, and are decidedly 

 the best I know of for the boy angler. Do not 

 forget to wind your line on the winder (Fig. 10) 

 you made for your linen sucker-line, and stretch it 

 when soaked the proper time in some dry place 



