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foot by a screw to a board or table-leaf; open it by shding 
up on the staff the lower base to which the slats are fastened, 
and fasten it, by the screw represented, to the centre-shaft or 
staff, Hold the line with one hand and turn the reel with 
the other. The reel may be bought at most of the fishing- 
tackle stores, such as Clerk’s, Conroy’s, Bates’s, Pritchard’s, in 
New York, or at Bradford’s, in Boston. 
Copan Varyisu.—This is the best varnish for tackle, hook- 
dressings, ete. 
Wuire Wax.—This is made like cobbler’s wax, and 
stretched until it becomes nearly white, dry, and brittle; or 
mix beeswax, resin, and tallow; pour into water, and stretch 
and work it with the hands. 
SPERMACETI.—Good to dress lines. To take the kink out 
of linen lines, darken their color, and not weaken them by 
preparation, dip them into tanner’s or lamp oil, and, when 
saturated, hang them up until they dry, when pack them in 
mahogany dust, and leave them several days, or until the 
dust has absorbed the oil. 
Ivpra-rusBER Dresstva.—This is recommended both for 
dressing lines and for patching India-rubber boots. For 
lines, cut into small pieces some white rubber and dissolve it 
25 
in turpentine—about 33; rubber and 743, turpentine. Set 
the vessel containing them in hot water, as you would glue, 
or rubber may be dissolved in chloroform. Rubber dressing 
for lines is not liable to crack, and is therefore preferred to 
varnish; but spermaceti is preferred by our best fishing-tackle 
manufacturers. Boiled linseed oil with a lump of resin, or a 
little gold size, is preferred by some. 
To press Leaturr Waprtnc-poors.—Cut into shavings 
some black India-rubber (the vulcanized is not good for these 
@ double 
the amount of spirits of turpentine; place the vessel in hot 
water until the rubber dissolves, when mix, and let it cool so 
preparations), and place them in a vessel containin 
as not to burn the leather, and rub the uppers and creases 
above the sole, and they will be water-proof. 
